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culin test, and that sucli test must be applied under normal or 

 farm conditions. As a result of all this, it was felt that, if any 

 means could be devised whereby animals could be subjected to 

 the tuberculin test before being shipped to market, it would 

 be a distinct advantage to all parties concerned ; that the test 

 would be more apt to be applied under favorable circumstances, 

 and consequently the purchaser would be more certain of the 

 result ; that the expense to the owner would be far less, 

 although borne by him, than would be the case were he obliged 

 to maintain a week's quarantine at these markets, while at the 

 same time the saving to the Commonwealth would be very 

 great ; and, further, if any animals were found to be diseased, 

 they could be destroyed in the State of their residence, where 

 the owner could receive the compensation provided by the laws 

 of such State, whereas, if brought here and destroyed, he re- 

 ceived no compensation. 



The commission, having arrived at the conclusion that it was 

 advisable, as far as practicable, to arrange for the admission 

 of cattle coming to these markets after they had been subjected 

 to the tuberculin test in the State from which they were shipped, 

 felt that, at the same time, the permission to bring cattle from 

 without the limits of the Commonwealth to any other points 

 in the State should also be embraced in the same regulation. 

 Prior to the adoption of this rule, it will be remembered that 

 cattle coming to any point within the State other than Brighton , 

 Watertown and Somerville were subjected to the regulations 

 of General Order No. 3, section 10, issued Nov. 20, 1894, as 

 follows : — 



After crossing the border, all such cattle are hereby declared quar- 

 antined upon premises which shall be defined in the permit, within the 

 limits of such city or town, at the expense of the owner or consignee, 

 and shall there remain until they have been examined and released or 

 condemned by this Board or one of its members. No neat cattle 

 shall be driven within this State from any point without its limits 

 except as herein provided. 



Under this system the animal was held in quarantine until 

 such time as the agent of the Board could be sent to the local- 

 ity and subject it to the tuberculin test. From Dec. 15, 1894, 

 1<> July 8, 1895, 124 permits of this kind were issued for 1,197 



