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been gathered. I know one stock raiser in my part of the State 
who had destroyed by onr efficient State Veterinarian for 
tuberculosis $5000 worth of high-bred cattle. This gentle - 
man had a practical but very costly lesson, but he intends to 
profit by it, as he wrote me in answer to an inquiry that in the 
future every animal leaving his yard for breeding purposes will 
carry with it a certificate showing that it has been tested by 
tuberculin and is free from tuberculosis. 
He also said that every animal coming on his place must 
have the same kind of certificates. I do not want to see every 
farmer in Iowa take the same lesson, but I hope they will profit 
by this gentleman’s experience. 
There is still another side to this question that touches every 
farmer and dairyman. 
Iowa is fast becoming the greatest dairy State in the 
Union. I find in the Tenth Annual Report of the State 
Dairy Commission that there was shipped out of the State 
80,032,916 pounds of butter, an increase in one year of 13,535,- 
808 pounds, and 626,632 pounds of cheese. This only repre¬ 
sents a certain per cent, of the product manufactured, neither 
does it include the raw milk used as food, and buttermilk, 
skimmed milk, etc. But you have some idea of the immensity 
of the dairy interest from these figures. Now, we must have for 
this product an increasing and steady market, one that is effi¬ 
cient. 
The Secretary of Agriculture recognizes this fact, and upon 
taking office at once proceeded to introduce American butter 
into the Liverpool and other English markets. These markets 
have been mainly supplied by the dairy interests of Northern 
Europe, where tuberculosis exists, as well as. here. I believe 
it is an acknowledged fact that butter made from tuberculous 
milk will contain the bacilli. 
This being the case, as long as we export butter containing 
these germs, we cannot expect to excel in the markets of the 
world. 
But stamp out tuberculosis in Iowa, and then stamp upon 
