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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER; 
November 4 
Live Stock and Dairy 
THE TUBERCULOSIS QUESTION. 
I take a different stand from The R. 
N.-Y., page 724. We have had a tussle 
with tuberculosis, and having a family, 
do not purpose to feed them on any 
cow’s milk, the producer of which is 
unable to stand the tuberculin test. You 
are right in the statement that a cow 
may respond to the test because of a 
hidden small tubercle, which may not 
harm her milk; but just the same, he is 
a wise man who can say, when a fine 
cow reacts, that that tubercle is not a 
discharging one, which makes the cow a 
spreader of the disease, or that it is not 
located in the udder, and continually 
giving off germs to the milk, to be, per¬ 
haps, the source of infection through its 
use. 
If the cow is put in isolation, and the 
milk Pasteurized, the danger may be 
obviated, but this is too expensive an 
operation, when we can test out and re¬ 
duce the number of diseased stock. We 
will use no milk, or butter, in my fam¬ 
ily, from any herd, which is not tested 
honestly and put in such condition that 
the public can be invited to examine 
herd and dairy. This has been tried, and 
several breeders and dairymen in North 
Carolina have voluntarily tested their 
herds, and are securing customers 
through the assurance that their prod¬ 
ucts come from herds tested to our sat¬ 
isfaction. 
When people come to look at this 
question in the right light, they will see 
the wisdom and common interest that is 
embodied in the above method of treat¬ 
ing diseased stock, and seek to eradicate 
the disease rather than cloak and con¬ 
tinue it. We believe that this is the 
right course for both producer and con¬ 
sumer, and that we should not offer the 
product without Pasteurization, or ac¬ 
cept a herd without the test. That some 
foolhardy men have used milk from 
tuberculous cows, apparently with im¬ 
munity from disease, is no proof that 
they have not implanted it, nor any 
warrant for any other man to endanger 
health and life by defending the use of 
milk from the victim of the dread dis¬ 
ease, because, forsooth, there may be 
some slight loss of apparent value in 
discarding such cows. f. e. e. 
R. N.-Y.—But what about the farm¬ 
er’s side of the matter? Many dairymen 
have their entire working capital in¬ 
vested in their cows. Are they not to 
be considered at all? It is admitted 
that cows may respond to the tuber¬ 
culin test, and still continue to give per¬ 
fectly wholesome milk. We maintain 
that it is not fair to the owners of such 
cows to slaughter them without further 
testing. 
"THE REGISTERED COW." 
Some Advantages of Pedigree. 
I do not think that any of us will ad¬ 
mit that merely because a cow is regis¬ 
tered she will give any more milk, or 
make any more butter, than she would 
if nothing whatever were known of her 
breeding. But the fact that the dairy 
cow should also be a registered animal, 
has as much to do with improvement 
along the line as anything which can be 
mentioned. The generally considered 
dairy breeds are the Guernsey, Jersey, 
Holstein and Ayrshire. All have their 
good qualities, and the situation and 
tastes of the dairyman and breeder will 
decide the question of breeds or grades 
as may best be fitted for the purpose in¬ 
tended. We all know that there are 
many excellent grade or common cows, 
making as much butter as registered 
ones, but yet lacking the power to 
transmit their good qualities to their 
offspring, which an equally good regis¬ 
tered cow possesses. 
I saw a few days ago three herds of 
Guernseys, two of them registered herds 
and one in which only registered bulls 
had been used for many years. No man 
living could tell by their appearance 
which were registered and which were 
not, as all were indeed splendid speci¬ 
mens of dairy cows. Then where is the 
real advantage of a registered cow? 
Why is she any better than a grade or 
common cow? In the first place, with¬ 
out registered cows and bulls such herd;? 
as one of the above-mentioned could 
not exist, as a registered sire would not 
be obtainable for starting in that line of 
improvement. The registered cow has 
been bred by careful breeders for gen¬ 
erations, and her good qualities have 
become fixed, and are transmitted to her 
progeny as long as the dairyman works 
with this idea in view. It will not do 
to enter the breeding ranks with good 
stock for a few years, and then accept 
anything cheap that may, and very like¬ 
ly will be, inferior, and thus lose years 
in work, and be forced to start over 
again to retain the ground lost. 
If we look over the dairy districts of 
the country, we see a vast improvement 
in the cattle near where registered 
herds are kept, as nearly all, when they 
become acquainted with the high-col¬ 
ored rich milk of the Guernsey cow, 
wish to have at least some grades in 
tiheir herds, and will patronize a regis¬ 
tered bull for that purpose, if they feel 
that they are unable to start with pure- 
breds. Perhaps as much benefit has 
been secured by this class as by the 
owners of registered animals. They, 
however, do not have the satisfaction of 
knowing that they have been the prime 
cause of this great improvement around 
them. It is left to the breeder of the 
registered animals to know that the 
seed he has sown has fallen in fertile 
ground; that he has helped his neigh¬ 
bors equally with himself. 
EZRA MICHENER, 
Before Guernsey Breeders’ Association. 
The Holstein-Friesian Register states 
that a chemical preparation for branding 
cattle and other animals has been invent¬ 
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brush, and is said to be painless. If really 
effective, it ought quickly to supersede the 
practice of branding with hot irons. 
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BEWARE of all so-called Elixirs, 
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Cows barren 3 years 
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Sale of Guernseys. 
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Shetland Ponies 
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84 Cows averaged 399 pounds 
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Registered Jersey Cattle 
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