STATE CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS. 
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cases of udder tuberculosis and a large proportion of general¬ 
ized tuberculosis will usually show some suspicious symptom, 
and if these bad cases are got rid of, and if the milk supply is 
obtained from such animals as are in good general health and 
show no physical evidence of disease, the danger, I believe, 
would be reduced to a minimum. 
As showing the good that can be accomplished by a herd-to- 
herd inspection, even by those who cannot be considered ex¬ 
perts, I wish to call your attention to the following table ; this 
refers to the work done by the local inspectors for the past 
three, years and while the tables are not to be considered abso¬ 
lutely correct, especially in the year of 1895, yet I believe they 
give in a fairly accurate way at least the approximate number 
of bad dangerous cases that have occurred in each year. 
LOCAL INSPECTION. 
Jan. 1 st to Dec. jist, iSgs- 
No. of animals tested.4484 
“ “ “ condemned and found diseased. ,...2398 or 53.4^ 
General tuberculosis. 784 or 32.6^ 
Animals tested—no reaction—Per. to kill 
Per P. M. lesions found. 
Jan. ist to Dec. jist, i8g6. 
No. of animals tested...7062 
“ “ “ condemned and found diseased.4173 or 59.0^ 
General tuberculosis.1051 or 25. i ^ 
Animals tested—no reaction—Per. to kill 
P. M. lesions found. 82 
Ja7r. istto June joth, l8gy. 
No. of animals tested.5 300 
“ “ “ condemned and found diseased.3016 or 56,9^ 
General tuberculosis. 84 or 2.7^ 
Animals tested—no reaction—Per. to kill 
P. M. lesions found. 21 
You will notice of course that the last year is incomplete ; 
the table only takes up to the end of June, but in the time it 
includes the yearly inspection, which was carried on this year 
in the spring instead of the fall, and at the present time the 
great bulk of the work is over and only a very few cattle are 
being placed in quarantine by the local inspectors. 
You will notice further that there were more animals quar- 
