250 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



nation of cattle quarantined by the local inspectors of 

 animals, or reported by owners as suspected of having tuber- 

 culosis, which have to be examined by agents, who destroy 

 or advise releasing the animals, as in their judgment the 

 cases require. 



Second. — The quarantine work required by the law, and 

 the regulations of the Cattle Bureau for preventing the in- 

 troduction of bovine tuberculosis from other States. 



Third. — " Voluntary request work." 



The following figures show what has been done under the 

 first division : — 



Massachusetts Cattle. 



Number released, ...... 723 



Number condemned, killed and paid for, . . 1,418 

 Number permit to kill, and paid for, ... 60 

 Number permit to kill, no award, . . . 301 

 Number died in quarantine, no award, . . 80 

 Number condemned and killed, in process of settle- 

 ment, 401 



Number in quarantine, unsettled, ... 2 



Total Massachusetts cattle quarantined, . . . 2,985 



Cattle from without the State. 

 Number released, ...... 92 



Number condemned and killed, no award, . . 314 

 Number died in quarantine, no award, . . 3 

 Number condemned, killed, no lesions found (6 of 

 which have been paid for, 4 in process of settle- 

 ment), 10 



Total, including 308 Brighton cattle held for retest, . 419 



Total number cattle quarantined, ..... 3,404 



Among the Massachusetts cattle quarantined, 38 were 

 tested to satisfy the owners as to the presence or absence of 

 disease; of these, 24 were condemned and killed and 14 

 were released. 



Of the 324 condemned and killed on suspicion of being- 

 tuberculous, brought into Massachusetts from without the 

 State, 215 were tested and retested at Brighton, and the re- 



