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commission is uncertain of its being contagious, and there- 

 fore decides not to consider it so, and consequently not a 

 disease with which it is called upon to deal officially. The 

 report also mentions an outbreak of verminous bronchitis in 

 calves, and a similar one in swine. 



From the report of the commission for 1881 it appears 

 that the State has decided that a slandered horse has no 

 value, and has repealed the law providing for paying four- 

 fifths of a diseased horse's apparent value. This report is 

 also the first one to mention hog cholera. 



In 1882 the work of the Board seems to have been chiefly 

 in connection with glanders, but it speaks of the importance 

 of keeping organized, in order to cope with any danger 

 which may be imported from other States. 



During 1883, 1884 and 1885 the commission continued 

 in much the same way as already described. In 1885 it 

 was reorganized, with Prof. Levi Stockbridire of Amherst, 

 A. W. Cheever of Dedham and Dr. J. F. Winchester of 

 Lawrence, as members, and continued to be thus organized 

 until 1889. 



In the report for 1888 there is an article by Dr. Win- 

 chester, calling attention to the importance and prevalence 

 of tuberculosis among cattle, and mentioning the fact that 

 Koch discovered the bacillus of tuberculosis, and believes it 

 to be the same in man and the lower animals. 



In 1889 Mr. O. B. Hadwen of Worcester was appointed 

 in Dr. Winchester's place. The Board continued with this 

 change in the membership until 1892. In April of this 

 year the commission was reorganized, with Prof. Levi Stock- 

 bridge of Amherst, Dr. Charles P. Lyman of Boston and Dr. 

 Maurice O'Connell of Holyoke as members. Tuberculosis 



among cattle is added to the list of contagious animal dis- 

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eases, to be killed without appraisal or payment. Under 

 this law 81 tuberculous cattle were killed. 



In 1892 the law was first passed requiring the appoint- 

 ment of an inspector of animals and provisions in every city 

 and toAvn in the State. 



In 1894 it was decided to increase the commission to five 

 members, on account of the extra work tuberculosis was sup- 



