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every case of butter that goes out of the State u guaranteed free 
from pathogenic germs.” Make the word u Iowa ” upon every 
case stand for “ Purity ” and the demand will soon be so great 
that the dairy interests of the State will be doubled, and Iowa 
will at once step to the front as the greatest dairy section in the 
world. What I have said about tuberculosis from a money 
standpoint can be applied to hog cholera. Hog cholera is a 
contagious disease, and consequently can be prevented and 
finally stamped out if the proper remedy is applied. You at once 
ask me for the remedy. This every sanitary and scientific student 
understands. It can be summed up in one word,— u Segrega¬ 
tion.” Every animal when once infected should be destroyed. 
When I say destroyed I don’t mean killed and used as human 
or animal food, allowed to lie and rot, or even buried, but 
burned —cremated—disinfected by fire. The township trus¬ 
tees, and city and corporation councils as boards of health, 
led by an intelligent veterinarian, should have charge of all 
suspicious animals, and not only order their destruction and 
final cremation, but do it themselves or have an officer dele¬ 
gated for this work. 
It is not sufficient to destroy our diseased stock ; we must 
have some means by which we can keep diseased stock out of 
the State. You can’t destroy a stream by damming it up— 
destroy the source and the stream will dry up. So it 
is with tuberculosis and other contagious diseases among 
stock ; destroy the disease at home, and keep outside diseased 
stock from coming in, and our herds will soon be free from con¬ 
tagious disease. The cattle and hog men tell me this kind of 
legislation would ruin their business. You will find that this 
argument is used alone by the middlemen, the men who buy 
and ship, and care but little whether the stock is healthy or dis¬ 
eased. 
But take the farmers and stock raisers who take pride in 
their business, and who are interested in the growth and devel¬ 
opment of our beautiful State, and I think you will find them 
almost to a man interested in this subject, and willing and 
