246 BOAKD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Report of Cattle brought into State during the Year to Points Out- 

 side of the Quarantine Stations. 



For dairy and breeding purjjoses, tested before shipment, 633 



For dairy and breeding })urposes, tested after arrival, . 5,900 



For dairy and breeding purposes, awaiting test, . . 1 



Total, 6,540 



Neat cattle on which no test Avas required, exclusive of 



cattle and calves for immediate slaughter, . . . 1,135 



Total, 7,075 



The cattle and calves on which no test was required, ex- 

 clusive of animals for immediate slaughter, were as fol- 

 lows : — 



Returned from out of State pastures, .... 731 



Calves under six months old, ...... 400 



Injured in transit and killed, or died before tested,^. . 4 



Total, 1,135 



The number of cattle and calves brought into the State 

 for immediate slaughter cannot be given exactly, as there 

 were a number of permits issued on which definite returns 

 were not received. In round numbers there were 8,000 

 cattle and calves brought in on permits intended for imme- 

 diate slaugliter. 



l!^early all of the total number of animals given above were 

 brought into the State on permits issued by the Chief of the 

 Cattle Bureau, only 249 head having been brought in Avithout 

 permits, which were reported to this Bureau by railroad 

 agents, local inspectors or others. Of these, 6 were accom- 

 panied by satisfactory certificates of tuberculin test, 1 was 

 a calf under six months old, 19 were slaughtered at once for 

 beef, 11 were simply unloaded in transit through the State, 

 2 were pastured in the State tem]")orarily, and the remainder, 

 210 head, were tested by agents of the Cattle Bureau. There 

 were also 2 herds brought into the State for exhibition with- 

 out permit, which were duly reported to this Bureau. 



