EXTRACTS FRO^I CATTLE COMMISSIONERS' 



REPORT. : 



During the years 1907-08, there have been condemned and 

 destroyed by your Commissioners as follows : 



Cattle. Horses. Total. Sheep. 



1907 802 68 870 56 



1908 925 III 1,036 51 



Total i>727 179 1,906 107 



Business done and paid for, 1907 $25,346 95 



Business done and paid for, 1908 25,000 00 



Business not paid for, 1908 21,827 63 



Total business, 1907-08 $72,174 58 



AVERAGE COSTS FOR ANIMALS. 



1903-04 1905-06 1907-08 



Cattle and horses $33 98 $35 48 v$37 87 



Owner received 22 07 23 34 25 03 



Cost to condemn '. . 11 91 12 14 12 84 



"Cost to condemn" covers all expense, of every nature, except 

 the actual payment to the owner, which has increased in six 

 years $2.96 per animal. 



This cost has gradually risen, on account of the increasing of 

 the tuberculin test to pure blood herds, more thorough disinfect- 

 ing of premises where disease is found, and more investigation, 

 and has increased in six years 91 cents per animal. 



During the two years, 130 head of cattle were destroyed at 

 Brighton, the owners calling on the Commission to pay for the 

 same, under the law of 1907, costing the State, $3,220.00. 



