472 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Cattle returned from out of State pastures, 599 



Cattle to be pastured and returned to New Hampshire, . . 3 



Cattle to be pastured and returned to Vermont, .... 9 



Cattle to be pastured and returned to Rhode Island, ... 20 



Cattle to be pastured and returned to Connecticut, ... 34 



Sixty permits were for cattle for immediate slaughter, 18 

 being for a carload or more weekly, and 2 for a carload or 

 more monthly. On these permits, a great many cattle were 

 brought in for beef, the exact number not being recorded. 

 Five permits gave the privilege of bringing in cattle to be 

 fattened and sold for beef later, 2 allowed herds to be driven 

 back and forth daily between Connecticut and Massachu- 

 setts, 3 allowed cattle to pass through the State, and 8 gave 

 owners the privilege of taking cattle to other States for ex- 

 hibition at fairs and returning them. Permission was also 

 granted to bring in a yoke of oxen, to be driven through 

 various cities and towns, for advertising purposes. 



Besides the above, railroad agents, local inspectors and 

 others have reported 502 cows and 3 bulls brought in with- 

 out permission ; but they have all been looked up and tested. 



It is believed that most of the testing of veterinarians 

 is now honestly done ; but there is a temptation to fraud 

 in carrying out these regulations, and there are probably 

 occasional instances where cattle are not honestly tested. 

 When a veterinarian is found to be doing dishonest or 

 uncertain work, his tests are thenceforth refused. A few 

 laymen also test cattle, who are proficient in the work, 

 whose tests are accepted by the commission. In fact, an 

 honest layman who understands applying the test is to be 

 preferred to a dishonest veterinarian. An honest test in 

 every instance might be obtained in one of two following 

 ways. One is to test cattle in all cases after arrival at 

 destination, at the cost of the State. This would add to the 

 annual expense of maintaining the Cattle Commission, and 

 for that reason is objectionable. The other is to arrange to 

 have the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture test all dairy and breeding cattle 

 used in interstate commerce. This desirable condition of 

 affairs may bo brought about in time. 



