EXTRACTS FROM CATTLE COMMISSIONERS' 



REPORT. 



During the year there have been condemned and destroyed 

 by the commissioners 802 cattle, 68 horses, and 56 sheep. 

 Average cost of cattle and horses (including cost of condemna- 

 tion, disinfection, testing pure bloods and all other expenses) 

 $37.33 ; owner received per animal, $25.02 ; average cost to con- 

 demn and disinfect, etc., $12.31. 



During the year there have been condemned and destroyed 

 at Brighton, Mass., under the law of 1907, 40 cattle for which 

 the commissioners have paid, amounting to $995.00. 



A summary of the report shows that the amount paid for 

 cattle, horses and expenses during the year 1907 was $25,346.95. 

 The amount due Dec. i, 1907, was $7,132.15. Total amount of 

 business done, $32,479.10. 



The report of 1905 and 1906 showed, out of the number of 

 grade cattle tested with tuberculin, 6% were diseased; out of 

 the number of pure bloods tested with tuberculin, 20% were 

 diseased. 



During the year 1907 there were tested with tuberculin 

 (including both grades and pure bloods) 20,000 head, and 802 

 were condemned, or 4% diseased. This shows a large reduction 

 from the last report, which is gratifying to the commissioners, 

 and no doubt will be to the dairymen of the state. 



There were over 9,000 cattle sold in Brighton during the year 

 1907, and Mass. demands that all cows offered for sale for 

 milking purposes shall be submitted to the tuberculin test, and 

 only 40 were reported back to the Maine commissioners. 



Our law does not give the cattle commissioners any control 

 over sanitary conditions, except where contagious disease is 

 found. 



