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ANNUAL EEPOKTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUBE. 



The following tables show the importations of the various classes 

 of live stock through the different ports of entry : 



I)nported animals inspected and quarantined. 



Imported, animals inspected hut not quarantined. 



An inspector of the bureau stationed in Great Britain applied the 

 tuberculin test to cattle for shipment to the United States, as shown 

 in the following table. This service is performed upon the request 

 of importers. Cattle not accompanied by satisfactory certificates of 

 tuberculin test signed or approved by the bureau's inspector must be 

 tested in quarantine after arrival in this country. 



Results of tuherculin tests of cattle for importation into the United States. 



IMPORTATIONS OF HIDES, WOOL, HAY, STRAW, ETC. 



The prevalence of anthrax and foot-and-mouth disease in hide- 

 exporting countries and the impossibility of obtaining reliable state- 

 ments or satisfactory certificates regarding these and other diseases in 

 such countries made desirable certain changes in the requirements 



