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Ha in weight confined in stalls in the summer and living on fresh grass 
ih 61 lb. each per day, while confined in stalls at a temperature of 73 
stees and fed on dry grass they drank 107 1b. ; 
= Ih According to Professor Henry, cows, generally speaking, require about 
. i New or half-a-gallon of water, to each pound of dry matter in their food. A 
¢w York authority says that provision should be made for & gallons a day 
@ cow in order to be sure of a full supply. At the Geneva station it was 
ite that cows in full milk required 42 lb. of water for every pound of milk. 
| tollows, therefore, that the heavier the milk the larger the amount of water 
i hecessary.— Scottish Harmer. 
TUBERCULOSIS. 
T 
| {A meeting of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Agricultural Discussion 
{ ey a lecture was delivered by Mr. Jas. Stirling on “The Responsibilities 
| “nding the Milk Supply.” 
ans this meeting the tuberculin test came in for somewhat severe handling. 
aa she gave his experience with one cow, and Mr. Findlay_his with a 
i 0. In both cases the test was not found correct on post-mortem examina- 
Ting Not much can be founded on Mr. Ashe’s single experience, but with Mr. 
I ng lay’s the case stands differently. It corroborates the Aberdeen experi- 
| , “tts. OF five reacting cows, one was found to be affected and four were 
} Sound. } 
| und; and of seven non-reacting cows, two were found to be affected, and four 
ON : : aut: : 
tt hee Sound. This second class is the more significant. ‘‘ A test which allows the 
HT aa to escape is far from reliable,” says the Scotlish Farmer, “and Mr. 
ay is fully warranted in his contention that more experiment is needed 
Dis *re legislation is attempted. In the course of the discussion, Mr. Ashe said 
| had sidered that Mr. Stirling had gone to the extreme like many others. He 
a told them that tuberculin was a reliable test of tuberculosis in cattle. That 
reece: He had made some experiments, and he had had two of the best 
Rey, surgeons in Paisley to examine a cow, and to test her. They said 
and She reacted, which she did. She was slaughtered, and the organs examined 
the + ound to be perfectly sound. Now, were they to slaughter their cattle on 
} — &stimony of a diagnostic like that ? 
th. Findlay said that, in regard to tuberculosis, it had not yet been proved 
| tight deaths from it were the direct result of using milk, and they had no 
| 42." t go on these lines until such was proved. Assuming. that it was true 
hg ses came from milk, all they had got to do was to test the cows, and 
mod tuberculosed ones. So said Mr. Stirling It was the first time he had 
He 1 Jcard it stated that 6 per cent. was a likely proportion of cows to react. 
“ag ad heard of as many as 30, 40, 50, and 60 per cent , and why the cows in this 
ee should be down to 6 per cent. required some explanation. But supposing 
Seen ¢ right, is the tuberculin test reliable ? They would all, no doubt, have 
x the results of the experiments which were carried out by the staff of the 
tee ‘cultural Department of the University of Aberdeen, where the animals were 
Fs ®@ by tuberculin, and the effects noted, slaughtered afterwards, and examined. 
Of ould not go over all the ground, but would just take the case of the cows. 
t ime tive cows which were tested, twenty-one reacted, but when slaughtered 
test Y-ine were found to be affected. Now, that showed that the tuberculin 
Y 
th Fite Perhaps that was one of the most carefully carried out experiments 
a ad had. He had experimented on cases himself—that was on cows which 
oH being fed. He did not like to try the cows in calf, because he had treated 
tthe’ and the cow “slipped” calf in a week. A farmer had told him that 
He pin was a grand thing for finding out if cows were in calf. (Laughter.) 
the ad tested some, and the next morning the calves were all lying between 
eagel in the byre. Well, he (Mr. Findlay) had tested twelve cows, five 
€d,and seven did not. Eleven were killed, and of the five reacting cows one 
