No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 



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CoinnionwGalth, it would g'o a long way toward helping to 

 solve the tuberculosis problem. 



Another important matter to which Professor Bang of 

 Copenhagen calls attention is the danger to calves and pigs 

 fed on raw skim milk or buttermilk from co-operative cream- 

 eries. All such milk should be pasteurized before allowing 

 farmers to take it away. In Denuuirk this pasteurization is 

 required by law, and the law also requires that the sediment 

 and scrapings from separators be destroyed, and not fed to 

 pigs at all, as was formerly customary. Bang recommends 

 that similar legislation be enacted evei*}^where. In Denmark 

 the law also requires that cream to be used for making butter 

 for export shall be pasteurized. 



The following figures show the number of cattle quaran- 

 tined by the local inspectors, the number condemned, number 

 released, etc. : — 



Massachusetts Cattle. 



Number released, 1,027 



Number condemned, killed and paid for, . . . 1,187 



Number i?ermit to kill, and paid for, ... 85 



Number permit to kill, no award, .... 375 



Number died in quarantine, no award, ... 68 



Number condemned and killed, in process of settle- 

 ment, ......... 577 



Number in quarantine, unsettled, .... 2 



Total Massachusetts cattle, .... 3,321 



Cattle from icitJwut the State. 



Number released, 21 



Number condemned and killed, no award, . . 374 



Number unsettled, 5 



Number condemned, killed, no lesions found, all of 



which have been paid for, 8 



Total number interstate cattle, .... 408 



Total number of cattle quarantined or reported for examina- 

 tion during the year, ........ 3,729 



Of the above 40<S interstate cattle, 239 were tested and 

 retestcd at Brighton, 7 of which were released, 232 con- 



