BLACKLEG.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8051, 19 February 1906, Page 2

BLACKLEG.

.'KT...LITY AMONGST INOCl". | LATED CALVES' ' -:.t tli. meetii: r ol'the Turanaki I'. -7c oi the farmers' Union \ri. ou Thursday, Mr Boddic, i .-uid thai he hoped the Ex-.-j wosihl deal '.villi the. matter oi .>;. 1 '."ible loss from black-leg causi-a .ie Stock Department using what i.s undoubtedly too strong vaccine." 'M- iu s, the letter stated, ou Ihe Ha •—lire., -oad ami other aljaccnt ro..u j .. ti heavy, ;is many as 60i1ea.,, : ■ . i'' : ,of on.- day's operations. | '.dgsor. moved, That tho j . . . uc M.j. iter of Au-iciilt-.i,-i > til • . . >ber of (l aths ; I' ->r (h:: being mociita! ®f ,Ihe (.'■• ase thus . eing•.• : ....ins in .. herto clean pi ..; I■ ■ . ..".'.el, atlu impressing the o' :.... i . :.0 inoculation so becomes .. and a source of injury insti .... . i protection, and asking that inlinej enquiry bv held, pending wh'.cii j.'.Jiker inoculation be delayed. Sir Thomson seconded. I Mr hiodgson said that farmers wero 4 ihat they never had blackleg till < A their calves inoculated. TL'.s j car, Jio speaker said, the Diorca.„/ a something cruel and he j - ::ce.'..agly strong feelings on | stc and found difficulty in supr,.-<. ■ !g -oir expression. Results L: .1 Coil '•■ :y bad In his district. It :.s t; aestioh ~f the lc sof a calf; ;; •>s .. . bricjf.: gof tho diseaso m ■" . ms. 'feeling olitl J e:. J.. .i 10-: that th' ■ woi.. ,in ■ i ytf na v peusati■ -.ist&j t: ;atmen. as .-i,' expcrii..i ui;ii • .. . ?2L hadsucoiLja,.... { -!' . . the " rinary Depai-tf oalan. "as only in its .> ng n: be done to *1 ■ , :. people .-ere being driven c -,i . country it. He thougu •.« ] apl: which t_e inoculators were i.- • I .is too stronr. | M? T jambe?i; said that the very ■. :j a -ho ::de the v .ccine would be the . l 10 uld fc,i most likely to rule 1 a : inq'; '. He had been '■ . : i .e ■ ressi.- 'hrt where, preric js di'. l the disease, ■e no ' • inoculation H :l uot think those -■ ■■> ,ingt' '.oculatingwercre ». 'tho e death iist. '' I :notxn is carried. I Hodgso then moved, Tha ~,e i .'varies c! ;1 branches in Taw :.ci ( as!:ed to fo vard to the Execut. e a of all calve* which have died a: er j ing .aociilaltd for blackleg. This also was seconded by Mr l'ln.'n--011, and carried. THE CAUSE GF THE OUTBREAK. CAPTAIN YOUNG'S OPjNIOK. i, _ _ ' In an interview with a "Newj" ' ep -r er Captain Young, Government j \ etc •'larian, who has been ni ' : iig j : nvest gations into tho cause of dui'hs , ;mo-.'.' calves after the vaccin.-i n, ! :ive> it as his opinion that uvtra' . '"ay be in operation to ei. ee. he ■•-.r - ty, bu., -.uat the principal • 1. 1 i:. ~c o air gaii. .:;g access to the ige a vaccinating calves. Wlim. ihe •'•'dlt is being withdrawn, tho si.u.on n-iu-jed, especially by a thick-ski;: Led i ...-f, causes tho 'animal to receive a ; j arge. dose than the operator intende.'. ..s 1 the instruments in use by ! _ e'. ors are boiled at least once a ilay, 1: lie ushers r.id plunger are '.Li.-.by ' lit'j.'d, so :u.at the more pa ar • < aerator 1; to boil ias ins. t.;„ .at . lie .. .'e li! t ho is to have ; .a- ---: ■ i.i. i death .'jin this oaiiso, . her.: oistl at it'any ;.... as 'eg in : . systoin at the of :. iou, u. . aecination will p c v.' je .f.u.e, mte ;. relcration of dee. h om Iscaso, vhilo in other ci.se;. bad -.-civaviou would appear to ha'.o an ..ndo.ijable effect. "j.iooking at tho matter from a ; oaii point of view, however," said i Unp.ain Young, " I am of opinion that I ilacl.ieg is being rapidly stamped out | and that after another year of vaejci:: , on—minus unfortunate results, will be most carefully guavded I :tga. >t —blac'dcg will be easily i>. . j in Jchei'i." ; 1,:.-t yea ; :'ae boundary of. on nan- ! t'B- as witha.-awn f«>m the 1 .0' .vcr to i e l'utea, ~ud this y*■ it s . -nded f„ still ft' -her conti's-'i it ; j. - Man... jpoustream.