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shall be tested wath tuberculin by an inspector of the Bureau of Ani- 

 mal Industry before being exported or after arrival at the animal 

 quarantine station at the port of entry. The following table shows 

 the results of such tests made in Great Britain during the fiscal year: 



NEW QUARANTINE STATION FOR BALTIMORE. 



With an appropriation made by Congress the bureau was successful 

 in purchasing for a quarantine station for the port of Baltimore a 

 tract of land at Turners Station on the Baltimore & Sparrows Point 

 Railway, with the tracks crossing the east side of the property, and a 

 good water front on the Patapsco River, about 4 miles from the cattle 

 steamer docks and within the lighterage area. The work of erecting 

 fences and coustructing buildings is being pushed as rapidly as pos- 

 sible in order to provide early accommodations for importers who 

 desire to use this port of entry, 'i'his station when completed will be 

 the only animal quarantine station located on a water front. 



SUPPRESSION OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS. 

 TUBERCULIN TESTING OF CATTLE IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 



The tuberculin testing of cattle in Virginia and Maryland, which 

 was started in 1907 in cooperation with the health department of the 

 District of Columbia, and which in 1910 was extended to cooperation 

 with the dairy and food commissioner of the State of Virginia, has 

 been continued throughout the past year with encouraging progress 

 and results. This is evidenced by the increased number of cattle 

 tested, the marked reduction in the percentage of reacting animals in 

 previously tested herds, and the confirmation of reactions to the 

 tuberculin test among slaughtered animals to the extent of 98.27 per 

 cent. The results of these tests are shown in the following tables: 



