604 
J. FAUST. 
His infection came direct from his neighbor, whose herd pastur¬ 
ed on adjoining fields. Said neighbor’s cows were tuberculous 
and the local health officer reported this herd to the State 
Board of Health; he also killed and held post-mortem on sever¬ 
al in the presence of a veterinary to confirm this belief, and proved 
they were tuberculous. But before the State Board of Health 
took action he sold them at auction. 
L. Burchard, of Hamilton, Madison County, N. Y., Presi¬ 
dent of the County, sold one cow which was slaughtered for beef, 
and after slaughter was found to be extensively tuberculous. 
This fact alarmed him and he made application to the State 
Board of Tubercular Commission. Dr. Henderson, of Syracuse, 
and myself were sent to make an investigation. We found a 
herd of forty-five cattle. Of this number twenty-three were dis¬ 
eased. This man bought two calves from a veterinary surgeon 
of Baltimore, and one of the calves was the cow sold for beef 
and proved tuberculous. 
The Baltimore herd proved to be tuberculous, for this entire 
herd was sold and killed. 
I think I have cited sufficient cases to demonstrate the con¬ 
tagion of one herd to another. 
A few remarks in regard to economy on the part of the dai¬ 
ry-man. 
With the present knowledge of this disease, with the aid of 
tuberculin, and a willing government, will we ever find tubercu¬ 
losis so extensive as we have in the past ? 
For example, Cromwell, of Long Island, one hundred and 
ninety-three heads of diseased cattle. 
George A. Bech, of Poughkeepsie, seventy heads of diseased 
cattle. v 
Douglas Merritt, of Rhinebeck, nineteen out of twenty-one 
cows, a flock of sheep and his hogs. 
Hon. Levi P. Morton, of Rhinebeck, twenty head of cattle 
and four hundred chickens. 
John Gilbert, of the town of Poughkeepsie, twenty-nine out 
of forty cattle. 
