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30s., whichever is greater. If the animal is found not to
have suffered from tuberculosis the Local Authority must
pay the full amount at which the animal was valued and a
further sum of 20s.
The Order requires that any milk produced by a cow
which is suffering from disease of the udder, or tuberculosis
with emaciation, shall not be mixed with other milk until the
cow has been examined by a veterinary inspector.
The Board, in a coveripg letter, states that—
"The Order aims at securing the destruction of every
cow found to be suffering from tuberculosis of the udder,
or to be giving tuberculous milk, as well as of all bovine
animals which are suffering from tuberculosis with emaciation,
since these are known to disseminate freely the
germs of the disease.
In connection with the cost of administering the Order,
the Board have obtained from the Lords Commissioners of
His Majesty's Treasury authority to refund to Local
Authorities from moneys provided by Parliament one-half
of the net amount payable by way of compensation for
slaughtered animals during a period of five years from the
coming into operation of the Order.
The Board believe that public opinion is favourable to
the adoption of concerted measures designed to check the
spread of tuberculosis throughout the country, and no such
action can be satisfactory which fails to make provision for
dealing with the disease in the animal, but it should, the
Board feel, carry with it a full measure of public sympathy
and 'support. The payment to agriculturists of reasonable
compensation for animals slaughtered in the public interest