No. 4.] 



CATTLE COMMISSIONERS. 



491 



E. H. Gammon, . 

 Thos. Kirby, 

 W. H. Abbott, . 

 Bartlett & Holmes, 

 E. J. Whitman, . 

 Wm. Lanery, 

 W. C. Lawrence, 

 James E. McGovern, 



New Bedford. 



South Hadley Falls. 



Hol3'oke. 



Springfield. 



Dracut. 



Aniesbury. 



Brockton. 



Lawrence. 



lu this way the Board has received reports from the fol- 

 lowing Tenderers, since August 1, of cases of glanders and 

 farcy : — 



N. AVard Company, . 

 Brighton Abattoir, 

 Muller Brothers, 

 Parmenter & Polsej-, . 

 J. E. McGovem, . 

 Lowell Rendering Company, 

 Lowe Brothers, . 

 Bartlett & Holmes, . 



14 reports, 53 cases. 

 18 I'eports, 60 cases. 

 14 reports, 32 cases. 



3 reports, 3 cases. 



4 reports, 3 cases. 

 2 reports, 1 case. 



5 reports, 6 cases. 

 4 reports, 10 cases. 



Where the reports exceed the number of cases of glanders, 

 it is because tuberculosis was included in them. 



The total number of reports thus received is 64 since Au- 

 gust 1, and includes 168 horses. Thirty-four, or about 20 

 per cent, of these cases, were not reported through any other 

 channel, and would not have come to the knowledge of the 

 Board if it had not been for the renderers' reports. This 

 shows that four cases of glanders or farcy in every five have 

 the attention of the Cattle Commission called to them, which 

 is a larger proportion than the Board imagined were reported 

 to it, and shows that the law is fairly well complied with. 

 When a case that has not previously been reported is reported 

 to the Board by the renderer, the inspector of animals for the 

 city or town is immediately notified to see that the premises 

 from which the diseased animal came are thoroughly disin- 

 fected, and, if any other horses are kept there, to ascertain 

 if they are healthy, and inform the commission of the results 

 of the investigation. 



The Tenderers' returns do not include Mr. Bartlett of 

 Worcester, as he reported every case in that city directly 

 to Commissioner Herrick, as frequently as he received them. 



