402 BOARD OF AGRICULTUEE. 



Sept. 28. Board examined horses in two stables of Cambi'idge 

 Railroad in West Somerville, and voted to send the superintend- 

 ent the following communication : — 



Boston, Mass., Sept. 28, 1887. 

 2b the Super inte7i(lent of the Cambridge Railroad. 



Sir : — The undersigned Cattle Commissioners of Massachusetts, hav- 

 ing made further examination of horses in the service of your railroad, 

 and finding contagious glanders existing among them, hereby order and 

 direct that the horses known by the following numbers be strictly quar- 

 antined and kept from off the public streets, namely : at the West Som- 

 erville stables, Nos. 17G3, 2416, 1110, 702, 1899, 757, 841's mate, — a 

 black horse with white star in the forehead, white off-hind fetlock and 

 white saddle mark (number lost), — 2590, 1856, 1996, 766, 743, 388, 

 1990, 736, 737, 775, 1912, 1397, 1697, 2613, 758, 1834 and 772,-24 ani- 

 mals. In North Avenue stables, Nos. 789, 1673, 518, 205, 48, 601, 651, 

 704, 665, 1857, 2413, 698, 2601, 1658 and 1908,-15 animals; and in 

 both stables, 39 animals. 



J. F. Winchester, D. V. S., 

 A. W. Cheever, 

 Caitle Commissioners of Massachusetts. 

 By A. W. Cheever, Secretary. 



Oct. 3. Board met at Port stable, Cambridge, to review 

 examination of the quarantined horses, and voted to write the 

 superintendent of the road the following letter : — 



Boston, Mass., Oct. 3, 1887. 

 To the Superintendent of the Cambridge Railroad. 



Sir : — At a meeting of the Cattle Commissioners held this afternoon 

 in this city, to consider the case of the horses now in quarantine in your 

 stables, it was voted that the secretary notify you that the two horses 

 bearing the numbers 2525 and 1185, respectively, and now kept in the 

 Port stable, are hereby ordered to be destroyed at your earliest conven- 

 ience, and when they may be examined by the Commissioners. 



The Commissioners cannot be present at a post-mortem earlier than 

 Wednesday afternoon of this week. All other quarantined horses, 

 except Nos. 1857, 1356 and 1187, to be held in quarantine until further 

 notice from this Board. These three last named are relieved from all 

 resti'ictions. 



For the Cattle Commissioners, 



A. W. Cheever, Secretary. 



Oct. 5. Board met to re-examine Cambridge quarantined car 

 horses, and released two from quarantine. 



Oct. 6. Commissioners reviewed their work at the West Som- 

 erville and North Avenue stables, and relieved from quarantine 

 four horses, namely : 737 and 2416 at the West Somerville stable, 

 and Nos. 1673 and 651 at North Avenue stable. 



