CATTLE commissioners' REPORT. 



hundred dollars for an animal with pedigree recorded or recordable 

 in the recognized herd books of the breed in which the animal de- 

 stroyed may belong, nor more than one hundred dollars for an animal 

 which has no pedigree." 



Tt wUl thus rt'adily be seen that upon the appearance of any con- 

 tagious disease in such valuable herds of pedigreed animals as these 

 of our late Governor, or Hall C. Burleigh and many others, the 

 entire appropriations of the year would be "wiped out" in the pay- 

 ment for a single herd, leaving the Commissioners powerless to 

 provide for emergencies only too liable to arise. 



We believe the "new cattle bill" should receive the prompt atten- 

 tion of the next Legislature of Maine, and in several important 

 particulars be re- constructed or modified so as to meet all reasonable 

 demands in this State, in protecting our domestic animals against 

 contagious diseases, and in maintaining that "high standard" of 

 health which they now enjoy. 



F. O. BEAL, ) Q, , f nr ■ 



-nr -nr tjADT:>TC! ( State Of 3laine 



W. W. HARRIS, y ^^„, ri. '.„.„.„., 



GEO. H. BAILEY, V. S. 



Cattle Commi$sioners. 



1888. 



To His Excellency^ the Oovernor of Maine : 



The commissioners appointed under the act entitled "An act to 

 extirpate contagious diseases among animals," to be known and 

 designated as the "State of Maine Cattle Commission," beg leave 

 to present their annual report. 



In closing this last inspection of the year we are able to report 

 that all of the expenses of the commission, including the amount 

 paid for horses and cattle, for the years 1887 and 1888, have been 

 kept well within the appropriation. 



Received from the State, 1887 and 1888 S3,822 10 



Outstanding bills January 1st 1888 700 00 



$•4,522 10 

 Amount less than appropriation 477 90 



$5,000 00 



