A MILK TALK—THE PRIGS OF SAFETY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 302, 15 September 1908, Page 4

A MILK TALK—THE PRIGS OF SAFETY.

Sir, —Open your mouth and shut your oye: and sco what the quidnuncs send you. Till " officer of the Agricultural Department tin other day" who condemns " 1000" out o the "500" cows, etc., is not more orratii in his figures than ho is in his facts, with tin only dHTerence that -you can see tho figure: and tlfe facts have to bo taken on trust, would liko to know if the sale of the Rivor sido stock yostcrdny showed any appreciabl recognition of the valuo of tho tubcrculii test on tho part of tho buyers. But, o courso, thero is the equation of probabli ignorance, or shall wo say prejudice. Then suppose wo set out to dispel tho prejudice would tho mcro dicta of experimenters a sc-cond hand bo deemed sufficient, machiner; for tho operation, or would a peep into tin experiments themselves bo permitted? I tho latter, then Ist us begin With tho River side experiment. Appoint a committee t< go through the paraphernalia and appurten ances of that model company and furnish i properly authenticated report of the way; and doings which lead with such precision "t< success.—l am, etc., HENRY BODLEY. September 10, 1908. [Tho first part of Mr. Bodley's common is based on a typographical error. . The 501 cows should havo read'' 5000.]