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take any little plant, and you take the seeds from that plant, and 

 after a few generations, it is a different product under different 

 conditions. The germ of Tuberculosis is the same everywhere, 

 changed in character and virulence by environment. 



The germ in the monkey is similar in appearance to the germ 

 found in the human. Now if the germ as found in the monkey, 

 should be introduced into the body of an animal of the feline 

 specie, you would find in the course of time, that it would be so 

 changed you would scarcely recognize it, it would be very much 

 larger. If you should replant these large germs into the mon- 

 key, they would soon return back to their original form and 

 size. 



The enemies of our teachings will tell you that the germ of 

 Tuberculosis is different in the cow and that it cannot be trans- 

 mitted to the human. All such questions are raised for the ex- 

 pressed purpose of defeating any progress being made in the 

 eradication of the disease, all to attain their selfish ends. The 

 question has resolved into this : Selfishness and greed is pitted 

 against the sacredness of human life. 



If you killed every person who had that disease and people 

 continued to consume the milk products without doing anything 

 to eradicate bovine Tuberculosis, in a few generations We would 

 have it just as bad as ever. It cannot develop and progress in 

 the animal body where it is leading a natural life. Take men for 

 instance who are breaking down with the disease, take them off 

 for a few months into the country where they have pure air and 

 sunshine and good food and they will get apparently well. Now 

 that which will cure will certainly prevent. You will say we are 

 able to produce more milk and cream if we keep our cows housed 

 even if they should contract Tuberculosis. Would you not rather 

 have a herd that was absolutely free from the disease and not 

 producing so much, than to have one which has Tuberculosis and 

 producing more milk? 



In some sections of the state, the cows are put into barns 

 poorly ventilated and they have poor sanitation in general, and 

 are not taken ouside once a week. The whole secret is we are 

 getting too far from nature. I do not mean that we should ex- 



