The Campaign for Cleaner Milk
Benton County dairymen are urged to sign up for free tuberculosis testing as the state expands its disease-prevention program.
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County Agriculturalist Lee M. Lampson has been advised by H. T. Graves, acting state agricultural commissioner, that Dr. J. H. Martin of Spokane has been ordered to Benton County to make the tuberculin test of dairy herds. The test is applied without expense to the farmer. In case tuberculosis is detected, the farmer has the option of quarantining or slaughtering diseased animals. If slaughtered, the animal is appraised and the carcass is sold; the state makes up the difference between the sale price and the appraised value. So far, all applications have come from the Prosser district, and Lampson urges dairymen in the Kennewick end of the county to avail themselves of the opportunity.
“In case tuberculosis is detected in his herd he has the option of quarantining or slaughtering diseased animals.”
Public health standards for agriculture were a major civic argument in 1915, mirroring modern efforts to maintain food safety and manage the intersection of local farming practices and state-level regulation. The transition to science-based herd management was a significant milestone in modernizing Eastern Washington's dairy industry.
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