No. 4.] KEPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 247 



There were 92 G permits issued during the year. Of 

 these, 128 were reported as not used, and lo were revoked 

 early in November on account of the existence of foot-and- 

 mouth disease in other States. 



Twelve permits were issued allowing cattle to be brought 

 into the State for exhibition at agricultural fairs, to remain 

 for a brief time only, 1 of which was not used; 7 were issued 

 for returning cattle from exhibition in other States, and 1 

 ]H'rmit was given allowing a six-legged calf to be brought in 

 for exhibition purposes. Seventeen permits were issued for 

 ])as;turing herds in the State during the season, and 3 allow- 

 ing single animals to be brought in for a brief period, all the 

 animals to be returned later in the season to the States from 

 which they came. Two permits were given for returning 

 cattle daily from pastures just beyond the State line. Six 

 permits were given allowing cattle to be unloaded in transit 

 through the State, and 1 allowing a number of head to be 

 driven into the State to be loaded for shipment to the west. 



Owing to the unsatisfactory work done by out of State 

 veterinarians. Cattle Bureau Order ISTo. 11 was amended by 

 Cattle Bureau Order Xo. 15, which is as follows: — 



Cattle Bureau Order No. 15. 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 



Cattle Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, 



State House, Boston, April 29, 1908. 



To Transportation Campanies, the Brighton Stock Yards Company, 

 and All Persons whom it may concern. 



Cattle Bureau Order No. 11 is hereby amended so as to read as 

 follows : — 



By virtue of the power and authority vested by law in the Cattle 

 Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, under the provisions of 

 chapter 90 of the Revised Laws and chapter 116 of the Acts of 1902, 

 you are hereby notified that tuberculosis, whieli is a contagious dis- 

 ease and is so recognized under the laws of this Commonwealth, 

 exists among cattle of the several States and Territories of the 

 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada, and such locali- 

 ties are, in the opinion of the Chief of this Bureau, infected districts. 



You are hereby further notified that in order to prevent the im- 

 portation of diseased animals, and as a means of suppressing this 

 disease within this Commonwealth, the Chief of the Cattle Bureau 

 hereby issues the follow'insr oi'der : — 



