220 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



RESOLVED, That we approve and recommend general 

 pasteurization of all creamery butter. 



Diseases of Cattle. 



WHEREAS, Contagious abortion among the dairy herds 

 of this country is a very serious menace to the profitable produc- 

 tion of milk, exceeding in its economic destructive character any 

 of the other diseases to which dairy cattle are subject, 



RESOLVED, That the Department of Agriculture is here- 

 by urged to give attention, in the most persistent and compre- 

 hensive fashion possible, independently and in co-operation with 

 the State experiment stations ,to this disease, with a view toward 

 controlling it and lessening its ravages. We request that the best 

 qualified investigators be assigned to this exclusive task. In view 

 of the tremendous economic importance of this problem, we re- 

 quest that it be approached at once from every possible hopeful 

 angle. 



WHEREAS, The presence of tuberculosis in cattle is ? 

 menace to the profit of the breeder and the dairy farmer; and 



WHEREAS, Its presence in the herd can as a rule be de- 

 tected by the application of the tuberculin test by men skilled in 

 its use and when administered under proper conditions ; 



RESOLVED, That this convention urges breeders and 

 handlers of all classes of dairy cattle to weed out reacters from 

 their herds as a matter of protection to their own financial inter- 

 ests, either consigning them to the butcher or segregating them 

 in the herd, when they are of sufficient value to warrant such 

 manner of handling; 



RESOLVED, That this convention heartily endorses the 

 State-accredited herd plan of inducing breeders voluntarily to 

 offer their herds for official test and secure a certificate which 

 will accredit their cattle to any State without re-test ; 



RESOLVED, That reasonable compensation should be al- 

 lowed by Federal and State authorities for all animals slaught- 

 ered in the eradication of tuberculosis. This compensation should 

 not be arbitrarily limited by statute, but should be fixed by ap- 



