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FOUNDATION IS ACTIVE (alarm yesterday by the Agrieuhure 'Ccmmittee of the Legislature that a lrcsoluric.n urging the Government 'seriousiy to reconsider their attitude ,was moved by William Newman l (Liberal. North Victoria). seconded by .H. J. Davis 1Conservative, East El- 'gin). and unanimously endorsed by the G;iGiiitid i "No more serious disease exists than "ontagious abortion." said Mr. Mc- iCabe. "If the Government ever in- ;tends to do sxnething for the cause to! the farmers let them do something (to handle this contagious abortion." 3 Speaking of the Behomherg pro- lg'ram. Professor Speakman said, in i part: "The first stage in our program l was to draw up an agreement govern- (ing the testing and removal of ani- (tttals and the control of new ani- ' mals entering the area. It speaks well gfor the farmers when I say that it is, l the most comprehensive agreement; "rt this kind that I know ot, and does; grist include any mmisdon for State! ecempensation. Everv farmer and! 1small holder in the district has sign-', GOVERNMENT ASKED TO CONTINUE FIGHT 0N CATTLE DISEASE Reported instructions of the On- tario Government to the Ontario Re- search Foundation to drop its Work in connection with controlling the grave farm problem of oorraagious abortion in ca~.tle were so viewed with Discontinuance of the work is said to have been ordered as an economy measure. and is ettective from the end ct August next. The committee's protest against it followed their hear- ing of a comprehensive survey of the Foundation's experiments. particu- larly in the Schoenberg area. from Dr. H. B. Speakman. foundation director; the story of the Schomberg area or- ganization. trom Dr. A. H. McLeod: an account of the increase in un- duiant fever in Ontario during the past four years. due to contagious abortion in cattle. from Dr. A. L. MacNabb. Provincial Laboratories head: and two earnest pleas for a continuation of the control measures from J. Cooper and C. McCabe. promi- nent members of the Schomberg Committee of farmers. No More Serious Disease. Resolution 0t Legislature Committee Protests Ending Work ed the agreement. There are now 58 clean farms out of the To. At present. 32 out ct the TO farms are free from tuberculosis also." . In summing up what he termed as "the significant points" in the foun- daticn's contazious abortion work, Dr. Speakman said: . "We have. at any rate, reduced the atmosphoro of suspicion and despair. We have shown that a. small group of scientific workers can (to-operate with Err-cups of farmers and stbckbreeders in the control and eradication of this! Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture. stated last night that the Government's arrangement with the Ontario Research Foundation in re- gard to control ot contagious abortion n cattle was for three years. and would expire " the end of August next. Fbllowing that, any future policy of the Government would be based on the foundation's reports on their control measures. "rt we are again called upon by the Minister to take a part in the con- tinuation or enlargement of the in- vestigation and control of this disease I can only assure you that we will continue to give the best service we possibly can. In the West, in parts of our own Province, and in other countries they will sooner or later be looking tor a supply of good grade dairy animals free from tuberculosis and contagious abortion, and I see no reason why our farmers in Ontario should not be encouraged to assist in satisfying this gzmanq." . _ . -" dreadful disease. According to my in- structions trom the Minister of Agri- culture our work in this field must cease at the end ot August. It has been a source of pride and satisfac- tion to the foundation that we have been able to assist in a small measure in what in my judgment has trtieird national undertaking, at least in its importance. Man/a