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large a scale as the funds will allow, and in the cases that are most 

 urgent and where the best assurance is given that the results of 

 the work thus carried out will be permanent. Such tests are made 

 only upon the receipt of a signed application from the herd owner 

 as follows: 



Request for Inspection and Tuberculin Test of Herd, at the Expense 

 of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board. 



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To the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 



Gentlemen: I have reason to believe that some of my cattle are 

 afflicted with tuberculosis, and I wish to have my entire herd in- 

 spected, and tested with tuberculin, if such test is deemed necessary 

 by your representative, and the diseased animals disposed of accord- 

 ing to the rules and regulations of the State Live Stock Sanitary 

 Board. 



I understand that this inspection and test are to be made at the 

 expense of the Commonwealth and, in consideration thereof, I agree 

 to thoroughly disinfect the premises and correct faulty sanitary con- 

 ditions and thereafter to observe the precautions and measures and 

 to employ the means recommended by your Board to prevent the re- 

 introduction and redevelopment of tuberculosis in my herd. In 

 particular, I agree to purchase no cows for addition to my herd until 

 they have been proven by tuberculin test to be free from tubercu- 

 losis, and if 25 per cent, of my present herd shall be found to be 

 tubercular, I will have a re-test made under the supervision of your 

 Board, at my own expense, wdthin eight months from the time of 

 the State inspection. 



I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, none of th( 

 dairy cows or cattle for breeding purposes in my herd have been 

 brought from another State into Pennsylvania since January 1, 1898, 

 without having been subjected to inspection and tuberculin test, as 

 required by law. 



Yours respectfully, 



(Address) , 



Countv, Pa. 



When the owner of a herd has had a test made at his own ex- 

 pense and has found tubercular cattle and wishes to receive indem- 

 nity from the State, an agreement is required as follows: 



