464 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



exceeded the combined other industries of Chicago by 

 $20,000,000. While not of such vast importance in Mas- 

 sachusetts, yet it is of sufficient importance to be worthy of 

 careful attention and consideration. 



An intelligent and civilized community demands a suitably 

 organized system of veterinary sanitary police, and at times 

 it is called upon to exercise powers of the most autocratic 

 nature. While its rules and regulations may seem unreason- 

 able and severe to the individual on some occasions, yet they 

 are for the public good, and call for the subordination of 

 private pecuniary interests to the welfare of the community. 



The Cattle Commission estimates that it will need $50,000 

 to carry out its duties during the coming year. This will be 

 necessary to fulfil the requirements of the law. The exam- 

 ination of and payment for cows diseased with tuberculosis, 

 the examination and killing of horses with glanders and 

 farcy, investigations and control of other contagious animal 

 diseases, and continuing quarantine regulations preventing 

 the importation of diseased cattle from other States, are 

 likely to require this amount. It is also suggested that an 

 additional appropriation of $25,000 for testing herds at the 

 request of the owner would be of great value towards dim- 

 inishing the frequency of bovine tuberculosis, and making 

 greater advances towards its suppression. Many farmers 

 would like to have the commission test their herds, but most 

 of them have to be refused, because the Board has not money 

 enough to do more than its regular work. Fifty thousand 

 dollars is a necessity; the additional $25,000 is an agricul- 

 tural matter, but will tend to further decrease bovine tuber- 

 culosis. 



The reports of the annual inspection of cattle made by 

 the inspectors of animals in 1900 shows an examination of 

 33,000 herds, comprising 258,268 head of neat stock, of 

 which 181,105 were cows. The number of animals quar- 

 antined by the inspectors on suspicion of being tuberculous 

 was 3,249. Of these, 954 were released by the Board, as 

 not showing sufficient evidence of disease to be condemned ; 

 1,425 were killed and paid for ; 43 died in quarantine, and 

 were not paid for ; and 64 were killed because the owners 



