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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
cattle are stabled : provided, they are separated from the other cattle by a tight partition, 
the construction of which is satisfactory to a representative of this Board, which divides 
the building into two entirely distinct apartments with separate doors, separate accommo¬ 
dations for feeding and watering and separate yards. 3. The calves from these quaran¬ 
tined cows may be raised : provided, that they shall, immediately after birth, be removed 
from the premises in which tuberculous cattle are kept, and that they shall not be allowed 
to drink any of the milk from their dams or from other quarantined cows, except after boil¬ 
ing, or heating to 185° Fahrenheit. 4. The milk from cows so quarantined, shall be used 
for no purpose whatever, except after it has been boiled, or heated to 185° Fahrenheit. 
5. Cattle quarantined as above may be slaughtered for beef: provided, that they shall be 
inspected at the time of slaughter by a competent inspector approved by this Board, and 
the flesh must be destroyed or may be sold for food, according to the judgment of such in¬ 
spector ; and provided further, that when this alternative is selected it shall be in lieu of 
indemnity from the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, and all claim for indemnity is 
thereby forfeited, except for such animals as are condemned by the meat inspector, in 
which case the appraised value shall be paid. 
“(C) If the owner of cattle that have responded to the tuberculin test elects to accept 
the indemnity provided by law, and so informs the authorized representative of the State 
Live Stock Sanitary Board, such cattle will be appraised, destroyed and examined post¬ 
mortem under the direction of a representative of the Board.” 
This arrangement has been made for the purpose of accommodating the owners of an¬ 
imals who do not wish to have them appraised and destroyed immediately after they are 
tested and found to be afflicted with tuberculosis. The conditions are such that it is not 
possible for tuberculosis to be spread by cattle kept in accordance with them, and al¬ 
though they may not permit of the convenient utilization of tuberculous cows, it does not 
at this time seem possible to moderate them in any degree without endangering the live 
stock interests. 
. One great difficulty that has confronted the Board in its work has been in relation to 
supplying a source to which farmers can go for cattle that they may be sure are free from 
tuberculosis, for the purpose of restocking herds from which tuberculous cattle have been 
removed. Cattle buyers are recommended to purchase no cattle that they have not good 
reason to believe are free from tuberculosis, and since one cannot ascertain this point sat¬ 
isfactorily without the tuberculin test in those cases in which it is not possible to visit the 
herds from whence the cattle that are offered for sale come, and since it is not practicable 
to insist on a certificate ofhealth based upon the application of the tuberculin test in all 
cases, it has not always been possible for farmers to buy cows that they could be sure 
about. It has been suggested that this difficulty can be overcome by providing that all 
cattle coming into Pennsylvania from other States shall only be admitted upon presentation 
of evidence that they are entirely free from tuberculosis and a bill has been introduced be¬ 
fore the present Legislature that will establish this requirement. This will make it possi¬ 
ble for farmers to purchase cattle that they can be sure about and will be a long step in 
advance of our present position and at the same time will not add to the expense that the 
State is already put to. About six thousand cattle have been tested with tuberculin under 
the direction of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, and of these about one-fourth have 
been condemned, but of course this does not represent the actual percentage of tubercu¬ 
losis among the cattle of our State, because inspections have only been made in herds 
that were supposed to be infected. However, many of these herds that were 
supposed to be infected have proven entirely free Irom tuberculosis. The percent¬ 
age of tuberculosis in herds has varied from i to 100 per cent., and the week before 
last a herd comprising about 175 was found to be tuberculous to the extent of 95 per 
cent. It has become perfectly evident that the percentage of tuberculosis in the herd de¬ 
pends principally upon the length of time that the infection has existed. In old cases of 
infection, particularly in breeding herds, the entire stock is sometimes saturated with the 
disease ; whereas, if the infection is recent, a comparatively small number of animals are 
found to be afflicted, perhaps not more than one or two. The sanitary conditions also de¬ 
termine to some extent the rapidity with which tuberculosis spreads in a herd. Notwith¬ 
standing the general views in regard to this point and my own preconceived opinions 
upon it, I have not been able to demonstrate to my own satisfaction just what influences 
are most favorable or most unfavorable for the rapid transmission of this disease. It i.s 
