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Dennen is going to Huntington this week. Your statement 

 is correct as to the number of weeks those applications have 

 been in. 



Mr. Heath (of Stockbridge) . My attention was called 

 to the liver of a turkey the day before Thanksgiving, and 

 it looked to me like a case of tuberculosis. Do you find 

 the disease in fowls ? 



Dr. Osgood. It is very common in poultry, although it 

 is not exactly the same species as we find in cattle and in 

 human beings. It is not transmissible from poultry to cattle. 



The Secretary. Is the human tuberculosis transmissi- 

 ble to cattle ? 



Dr. Osgood. Under certain conditions ; yes. 



Mr. C. B. Lyman (of Southampton). Is tuberculosis 

 common in sheep? 



Dr. Osgood. I know of no authentic report of its being 

 found in sheep. 



Mr. . I had a sheep condemned by our local in- 

 spector, which I butchered six weeks ago. A little piece 

 of one lung had two or three little cells of some kind of 

 matter in them. I was ordered to bury it. 



Dr. Osgood. What was it condemned for? 



Mr. . Tuberculosis. 



The Secretary. Do you consider yourselves responsi- 

 ble for all the mistakes of the inspectors ? 



Dr. Osgood. I might say that we are in no way respon- 

 sible for the inspectors. They are not appointed by the 

 Cattle Commission. Their duties are simply to report 

 what they find in the way of diseased cattle to us. 



The Chairman. Do you have the power of removal ? 



Dr. Osgood. We have the power of removal, — a power 

 that we have never exercised, however. If they do not 

 perform their duties, the commission has power to remove 

 them and appoint some one in their place. A mistake 

 would not give us that power. 



The Chairman. Suppose you should remove an inspect- 

 or, — would you have the power to dictate who would 

 take his place ? 



Dr. Osgood. Yes. 



Mr. A. Bradley (of Lee). The Cattle Commission are 



