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some few months ago ; a short time afterwards they found eight- 

 een diseased and examination showed that they had been dis- 

 eased a long time. Two years ago, I found 122 diseased animals 

 in a dairy herd of 156. 



If you are starting a dairy for God's sake and for your 

 own sake do not permit your herds to have the scourge; have 

 them properly tested beforehand. Another thing, do not take 

 any one's word, but be sure to use the Government tuberculin 

 when making the test. I have had my own battles to fight along 

 these lines. I will not consent to give a certificate of health un- 

 less the test is made with the Government tuberculin, for that is 

 reliable and the other is not, but what is more unreliable is man- 

 kind. You can hire all the men you want to make the test, and 

 you will find very few know how to make the tuberculin test or 

 do it honestly. I know this well. The city of Chicago said one 

 year ago that it was going to accept the certificates of health 

 from all veterinarians, I said: ''If you do, you may as well not 

 test at all, for you will do more harm than good. You will drive 

 the diseased animals into the healthy herds, if you do not do 

 something with the diseased animals." 



Last September the Health Commissioner of the City of 

 Chicago came to me and said, the conditions are such that our 

 work is not reliable. If you will pass on all health certificates 

 we will not recognize others. I said that I could not accept. I 

 said to the Commissioners, I'll tell you what I will do, I will ap- 

 point men whom I feel that I can trust and have them conduct 

 the test according to my method, and any one who does not want 

 to do it that way I will discharge him. One man I had to dis- 

 charge the second job he did. In order to have control I advised 

 this plan to prevent any crookedness. It was agreed that every 

 animal that passed the Tuberculin test should receive a health 

 certificate which would be good anywhere in the world, even if 

 it did not have an official stamp. The next thing that I wanted 

 was to have every veterinarian brand the letter "T" on every 

 animal that showed any signs of Tuberculosis. It does not hurt 

 the animal but puts the mark of Cain on it. You would be sur- 



