New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 51 
TABLE II.—SUMMARY OF CONDITION OF STATION HERD. 







| 
DATE oF TEST. | ANIMALS. | SOUND HERD. | DISEASED MFRD. 
Mies PENA ire) ees ee = oe 
| | n | | n 
| Oo | o 
Per ct Pa ese 
Si Ss Patiks e 
Y ear. Month. a n | 4 & es). 3 
Oe Sere Phar cekt ee tied Poe. we o (eect d Ge 
n P [ws ro) ae Sealy (Geihs © 4 = 
o owt Ye) OG =a rs) 0.8 VG ha oO) cn 
qwaiAatla iq GP tra beat” a ro ee ges al Gee 
ign S: Gee re fel Poi ee le 
Cia ee Mune ae. 13 | 14 | 27 7) et ee 4| 2 1 
OR nea December....| 12 | 8 | 20 Ce aah ee 1 Sr at 
TOI EN. Nore soos TReneey: Oo ber ao a feed, 1 
Wm sMiee Seiecembere a2 eT ke BP hel 2c et wee Ryaertd 3 
re fe, h Maybe ays bi Dah 7al 30.0 dei eae dente ge 9 1 
Wet Ns inna laNowember. cea Soha O- irSli Moe tian ee ees 2 vedo 1 
ae REA ot cls wr MA Wes 9G eee ee eo Saran gn 1 
A aoe aa rae November....| 30 | 6*| 36 § | Oe eh pea by ae [3a sce ee OM 









* The six diseased animals were killed after the November test. For their autopsy record 
see page 54. 
fares OF FUBERCULOUS COWS FOR BEEF. 
The most exacting rules which are employed in this country 
in judging of the quality of meat for human food are those of the 
Bureau of Animal Industry.2* Similar regulations are in force 
in many of the more highly civilized countries.2* These rules 
are applied in all of the slaughter houses which are engaged in 
inter-state or export trade and they specifically provide that car- 
casses of cattle affected with tuberculosis in which the lesions do 
not exceed a stated limit shall be stamped the same as those from 
absolutely sound animals. As a result of the inspection under 
= The regulations applying to tuberculosis cattle are given on page 33. 
*°’The Royal Commission of England reports that “as a result of the in- 
spection in 29 towns in Saxony during the year 1895 tuberculosis was found 
to exist in 22,758 carcasses —being 27.48 per ct. of the whole number 
slaughtered. Of the total number, 22,758 carcasses, showing tuberculous 
lesions, 21,062 or 9214 per ct. were passed as fit for food; 1,256 or about 
514 per ct. were disposed of in the Freibank as inferior meat, at a fixed 
cheap rate; and the remainder, 440 carcasses or 2 per ct. of the whole 
number pronounced tuberculous in a greater or less degree were condemned 
as unfit for food and destroyed. (From Report of N. Y. Assembly Com- 
mittee, I9QOT.) 
