1891 
4i9 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
TUBERCULOSIS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 
In addition to the statements made 
last week, the following' letters have 
come to hand about the tuberculosis 
scare in Chester County, Pa.: 
Result of the Tuberculin Test. 
A small farmer, residing near here, 
who came from the city, had six cows. 
About May 8 last, he had the tuberculin 
test applied to them, and five were pro¬ 
nounced diseased, the other all right. A 
notice appeared in our local papers soon 
after, saying that those five cows would 
he killed by Dr. Bridge, State Veterinary 
Surgeon, on June 4. Dr. Bridge did not 
attend, but sent a substitute. Dr. Ed¬ 
munds. A large crowd of neighboring 
farmers, physicians and veterinary sur¬ 
geons was on hand to witness the per¬ 
formance—very few of us had ever seen 
tuberculosis. Of the five, only one showed 
it very decidedly. Her lungs had tuber¬ 
cles of various sizes up to an inch or more 
in diameter—all in the lungs—the other 
organs were apparently healthy. The 
others were very small, if they existed 
at all, and in other parts of the body. 
Four of these cows were Jerseys, one a 
Holstein. There has not been enough of 
the disease about here to say that any 
particular breed was more affected than 
others The majority of those present 
on the above occasion, were opposed to 
such business, and few believed there was 
any disease about them. A butcher said 
that those little lumps were in nearly 
all cows, and more so in sheep. The West 
Chester papers published accounts of the 
affair, the Philadelphia papers copied 
them and thus brought it to the notice 
of the Philadelphia health authorities. 
Milk Inspector Byrnes at once, and with¬ 
out any legal right, quarantined Chester 
County milk, and lots of it was sent back. 
The dairymen were pretty angry, and 
took immediate steps to have the order 
set aside. They succeeded in this, and a 
new order was issued that all persons 
shipping milk must have their herds ex¬ 
amined by a veterinary surgeon and a 
certificate of health and freedom from 
disease, signed by said surgeon, by June 
18 The certificate is to be in the hands of 
the dealer in the city.. The farmers are 
ccmplying with the above conditions, 
and the veterinarians are reaping a har¬ 
vest to the tune of 25 cents or more for 
each cow. One man made S45 in one day. 
The veterinarian just takes the temper¬ 
ature, sounds the lungs and gives a cer¬ 
tificate; for that is what he is paid to do, 
not to find sick animals. The time is 
nearly up 1 have heard of no tubercu¬ 
losis having been found, and none is 
likely to be. 
Very few dairymen know anything 
about the tuberculin test; it is something 
new. They do not see or believe that 
there is any disease in their herds, and do 
not want some scientific fellow to come 
and tell them there is. Is it an estab¬ 
lished fact that it will leave no evil effects 
behind it in a well animal ? My herd is 
mostly Guernseys. I make butter, and 
am not obliged to have them tested. I 
have had no sick ones or those I sus¬ 
pected. There is an impression abroad 
here that the oleo men are at the bottom 
of this disturbance; that they want to 
make beiieve that real butter is not as 
good and healthy as the manufactured 
article. It is asserted that an effort to 
have our oleomargarine law repealed 
next winter will be made. The dairy¬ 
men are organizing in opposition to re¬ 
peal, and talk of nominating men for the 
legislature upon whom they can rely to 
resist repeal—that is, outside of present 
political parties, or else get pledges from 
the regular nominees. Those who have 
announced themselves as candidates, 
have been questioned on the subject, but 
are slow to answer. 
But few cows are raised here, and they 
are mostly Jerseys or Guernseys. Native 
cows are brought from the western coun¬ 
ties and sold when fresh, or nearly so, at 
public sale. Some come from New York 
and are advertised as “York State” cows. 
If a cow has a calf, it is muzzled after 
the cow is milked, the evening before the 
sale. She is not milked again until the 
next afternoon when led into the ring to 
be sold. She will then show off well if 
she is a good cow. At a sale not long 
ago, a large black and white cow and her 
calf were brought into the ring. The 
owner called out, “ Now, all you little 
boys who can’t swim, get upon the fence; 
we are going to milk the Holstein cow.” 
A man milked on one side, the calf 
sucked on the other. The little boys 
were not drowned. ben.t. sharpness. 
Chester County. Pa. 
Are the Oleo " Men Responsible ? 
The present excitement concerning 
tuberculosis arose from the fact that a 
farmer having a few cows, applied the 
tuberculin test, and after a period of 
two weeks killed three—one had tuber¬ 
culosis, one was uncertain, and one 
probably clear. The affair was reported 
in an exaggerated way, and the quaran¬ 
tine of Chester County milk ordered. I 
do not know what proportion of tuber¬ 
culous cattle has been found. A dealer 
in bologna stock says that about five per 
cent of this refuse stock is rejected in 
Philadelphia. A large number of ex¬ 
aminations have been made near West 
Chester recently and I have heard of the 
rejection of only one animal. The herds 
are usually reported healthy. It is not 
condned to special breeds. 
Dairymen are opposed to the tuber¬ 
culin test because they are not yet con¬ 
vinced that it is a trustworthy test, and 
they believe that its introduction into 
the system may produce tuberculosis, or 
other serious forms of disease. In these 
opinions, they are sustained by excellent 
physicians who say that the rise of tem¬ 
perature might follow the introduction 
of the poison into the system of a healthy 
animal as in the use of vaccine, and that 
disease may be the result of its use as in 
vaccination. By many careful physicians, 
the use of tuberculin on the human sub¬ 
ject is not yet accepted. So far as I 
know there has been no genuine evidence 
that consumption resulted from the milk 
used. While consumptives are expectorat¬ 
ing everywhere, and no care is exercised 
to prevent the dissemination of the germs, 
it is useless to attempt to check the dis¬ 
ease through quarantining milk. If 
human and bovine tuberculosis are in¬ 
terchangeable, how are dairymen’s herds 
to be kept free from these germs in¬ 
numerable ? The dairymen are getting 
their milk into Philadelphia by certifi¬ 
cate from a veterinary. 
Farmers strongly suspect that the oleo 
men have much to do with the present 
excitement, and that the Philadelphia 
dealers, being flooded with milk, took 
advantage of the scare to rid themselves 
of the excess. There are many young 
veterinarians, too, just from college, 
needing experience and funds, who do 
not look with disapprobation upon the 
present opportunity. Farmers in their 
willfully unorganized condition, are still 
regarded as a lawful source of income to 
schemes and schemers, and will so con¬ 
tinue until they decide to protect them¬ 
selves. MILKMAN. 
HOW THE TEST HELPS THE COW. 
A friend sends an article taken from 
the Lancaster (Pa.) Examiner from which 
we take this extract: 
“ There is a wide range in the tested 
value of milk, the lowest price paid at 
Goshen fer milk for October being per 
100 pounds and the highest $1 47 per 100 
pounds. It no doubt cost the dollar man 
almost as much to produce his hundred 
pounds of milk as it cost the dollar forty- 
seven nan, but striking an average, as 
under the former system, isn’t fair to the 
latter. He can afford to smile a happy 
smile when the dollar man gets mad at 
Dr. Bahcock and gets a gang of other 
dollar men who make a combination and 
resolve resolutions, talk hard and big, 
and go off like old Preston's cow. in a 
company by themselves and inveigle 
some unwary creamery-man into coming 
into their midst, taking their fair words 
as an earnest of the quality of their milk, 
to build a separating station for their 
especial benefit, where all that have been 
imposed upon by their poor milk being 
exposed may come and find welcome. 
Buying by test has been in operation at 
the two creameries mentioned for two 
• months only, but such improvement is 
already noted that while Goshen for 
October paid an average of $1.21for 
100 pounds, a neighboring creamery, 
under the system of pooling, could only 
pay $1.15 per 100. And the cow has only 
spilled milk for her kicking. 
“ Buying milk by testis not an innova¬ 
tion ; it is an advancement. It has been 
thoroughly tried and is reliable beyond 
the possibility of a doubt. It will drive 
out the poor cow and improve the poor 
farm and farmer. By it the intelligent 
stockman will at once determine which 
cow is secreting sufficient butter fat to 
entitle her to remain on the place and 
which one shall go to the dealers, and, 
by their devious ways, into the herd of 
the man who sells his milk to the belated 
creamery that pays an even price for un¬ 
even milk.” 
JERSEYS, 
From Mi'ler & Sibley's herd, will be tuberculin tested 
before sale if desired. 
Our bull, Ida’s Rioter of St. 1.., has 19 dauRh- 
ters tested. averaRluK over 19 lbs. 3 or,, of butter 
apiece per week. amonR them Ida MarlRold, who won 
two sweepstakes prizes and many other honors at 
the World’s Fair contests. 
Major Appel I’orIs won tlrst prize at Pennsyl¬ 
vania State Fair In 1893. Sired by Stoke PoRls 5th, 
who t ad 21 daughters and 61 RranddauRhters tested. 
IIlRhest .lersey weekly, monthly and yearly milk 
records held by our herd. Only superior stock for 
sale. In Keneral none less than $200. Specify what 
you want. Mention this paper. 
MILLER & SIBLKV, Franklin, VonanRO Co., Pa. 
GUERNSEYS! 
The GBANDEST of DAIBY Breed*. 
Combining the richness of the Jersey with the size 
approximate to the Ilolstetn or Short-horn, but 
standing ai.onu and cnbqualbd in producing the 
richest colored butter In mid-winter on dry feed. 
Gentle as pets, persistent milkers and hardy In con¬ 
stitution, they combine more qualifications for the 
dairy or family cow than any other breed. In the 
are daughters and granddaughters of the renowned 
Squire Kent, 1604 A. G. C. 0. and of the finest strains 
on Guernsey or In Ametica—Comus, son of Squire 
Kent and Statelllte, son uf Kohlm head the herd. All 
particulars In regard to Breed and Herd cheerfully 
given. S. P. TABER WILLETTS, 
“ The Old Brick,” Roslykt, L. I., N. T 
Aberdeen-Angus Cattle 
•J- I’- HINE, Shlnrock, Erie Co., O. 
Grass is Not Hay. —We all know that 
green, fresh grass is a balanced ration, 
but it is unbalanced by the old process of 
curing into hay. I think we should study 
to know how to keep it balanced. I 
think it can be done in a great measure 
by cutting grass at the right time ; not 
leaving it in the sun to evaporate the 
juices, but putting it into heaps, nicely 
trimmed, and covering with Symmes 
waterproof hay caps as soon as all out¬ 
side moisture is gone, letting it cook 
until ready to cart, Jand then mowing 
away. It should be cut as soon as a full 
growth is developed without waiting for 
seeding or even blossoming, unless driven 
to it by want of time. If treated thus, it 
will weigh from 25 to 33 per cent more, 
and be worth fully as much in feeding 
value. By all means, cut as late in the 
day as possible. b f. b. 
Concord, N. H. 
To Boiod Up the System when run down from 
General Debility, young or old should use Doctor 
Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge, a pleasant and effective 
Tonic, a prompt corrective for a Disordered Stomach, 
and a sure destroyer of Worms. The large-sized 
bottles are cheapest wh n a Tonic Is wanted. Sold 
by all Druggists.-Ady. 
8 /^ Tons Per Horn 
■■ SMALLEY” OUTFIT. 
DO you FEED STOCK? 
Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Hogs or Poultry! 
If you do you can’t afford to overlook Kii. 
eilnge and dry fodder cut- 
tin g. ,50 per cent, 
saved in Foddei 
and equal ratio 
of gain In pro¬ 
duct. Oataloguef 
of Smalley Goodf 
and our '94 Hilo Book 
— free to any address. 
SMALLEY MF<J. CO., 
Manitowoc, Wis. 
U. U. U. U. sire Nancy's Stoko Pogls 2,6031. pure 
St. Lambert: a bull of similar breeding sold at auc¬ 
tion for $1 700: rail's dam one of our oest daughters 
of Lord Victor Pogls 11499. pure St. Lambert, son of 
Maggie Sheldon 23.683 . 21 lbs .6 ozs. of Binter In 7 
days. Galt traces 11 times to Stoko Pogls ill., sire of 
Mary Anne of St L , 8(!7 lbs. of butter In one year 
and should .sire 20-lb. cows. Woith $100, but on ac-^ 
count of a very little white, will accept the highest 
p^rlce offered by .inly 10, provided it exceeds 
It Is a largo, handsome, extra good fawn calf • 
will register and crate without charge. Young Bulls 
sold from our herd have sired 20-Ib cows, such as 
Pride of Ingleslde. '20 Ids I'.* ozs . Gypsy's Pride 2nd 
27 lbs. 12ozs. of Butter In 7 days for Messrs. Miller A 
Sibley. K. L. CLARKSON, Tivoli. N. V. 
Refer by permission to Tub Ruiial Nkw-Yorkek 
UK R.j;rnnrohi«: 
Ten Elegantly Bred 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULLS. 
Seven to eighteen months old. Out of dams with a 
milk record of 10.000 to 18,000 pounds In one year 
Come and see them or send for a descriptive circular 
W. J. HAYES. 
Hi^h-Class Shropshires 
75 yearling rams that will weigh 250 to 300 pounds 
and shear 12 to 16 pounds at maturity; and 150 year¬ 
ling ewes, to weigh 176 to 21,0 pounds, and shear 9 to 
12 ponnds at maturity, Just arrived, recorded In Eng 
land and America. ‘A grand lot.” Send for oata 
logue. THE WILLOWS, 
GBO. B. Brbck, Prop. Paw Paw, Mich 
lor sate: i>amD8, Yearlings, two-year-olds 
and older: ewes and rams from registered 
Imported sires. Address 
O. M. VOORHEEH, Box 301. Ypsllantl, Mich. 
March Farrowed 
BOAR PIGS. 
SPEGIAL BARGillN SALE. 
Willswood Herd, 
Recorded Berkshire Swine. 
Also April and May Boar Pigs. They are the best 
and from strains that suit customers In all parts of 
the world. Advise your wishes and get catalogue 
WILLS A. SEWARD, Budd's Lake, N. J. 
UOR S A T 17 -Hexlstered BERKSHIRE 
„ 77 pigs of desirable large 
English Strains. Send for pedigrees. 
GEO. STAPLIN, Ju., Mannsvllle, Jeff. Co., N. Y. 
GHESHIRES 
From Foundation Herd. I have now shipped 406 
times to men I had sold to before. For quietness 
lean meat and quick growth, get the Cheshire. 
E. W. DAVIS, Torrlngford, Conn., 
Formerly Oneida, N. Y. 
□DoAtla oix Oa,ttlo DB’ly. 
The Best To Keep 
Compound Flies Off. 
Price List. C. B. MILLS OIL CO., Syracuse, N. Y 
The “ Le Roy Mills” 
F. F. Dairy Salt 
Is preferred by the best butter and cheese-makers 
In the country, because it is the purest, strongest 
and best salt made. Pure white. Always uniform. 
Never gets hard. Costs no more than common salt 
Try It If you like It Insist on having It. and your 
dealer will get It. Write for circular and prices de¬ 
livered. Lb ROY SALT CO., Le Roy, N. Y. 
Ifl i| U I A I* I I Ducks to make room for young 
illWw I stock. They go at half price if 
sold quick. Will satisfy you or ?eturn your mocev 
BKOOK8IDK POOLTllV PABM, 00llmbu”.“ J 
PINE TREE FARM, 
Jamesbnrg, N. J. 
I KGGS for Hatching: 
> Prices reduced. 
\ 32-page catalogue free 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY. 
Bargains for some one. .60 S. C. W. Leghorns. 25 S 
C. B. Legaorns, 10 S. S. Haniburgg, 20 B Minorcas, at 
OOc.. any number. 25 B. P. Rocks, 15 L. Brahmas. 15 8 
Wyandottes at 75c. V, Stonerod, Lewlstown, Pa. 
FmCf POOLTRI 
All varieties 
PIGS, PUPS, 
Pea Fowls.TUR- 
Ducks, etc., at FARMERS’ PRlCBsf*^^^’ ^ 
Missouri Poultry and Pet Stoek Club, 
Kirksville, Mo. 
The Elgin Dairy Report. 
THE DAIRY MARKET PAPER. 
Gives the most compie’e and reliable market In¬ 
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afternoon Immediately after the close of the Elgin 
Board of Trade. Subscription price. $1 00 per year. 
With THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, the two $1.7.6. 
Address, for Sample Copy, ELGIN, ILL, 
by feeding green bone cut in 
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Price .^Id.lKl and upward Warranted Catalog 
free if this paper is named 
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Bone Cutter 
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