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very great deal more money and much valuable time by our several 



States. (Signed) 



Frederick H. Osgood, Boston, President. C. M. Winslow, 

 Brandon, Vt., Secretary and Treasurer. C. A. Dennen, 

 Boston, N. J. Batciielder, New Hampshire, V. I. Spear, 

 Braintree, Vt., John M. Deering, Saco, Me., Obadiah 

 Brown, Rhode Island, Clifton Peck, Connecticut, Exec- 

 utive Committee. Charles P. Lyman, Maurice O'Con- 

 nell, L. F. Herrick, Massachusetts. Irving A. Wat- 

 son, Neiv Hampshire. Homer W. Vail, J. O. Sanford, 

 Vermont. George H. Bailey, Maine. Geo. A. Stock- 

 well, Rhode Island. E. S. Hough, G. L. Foskett, 

 Connecticut. George W. McGuire, Franklin Dye, 

 New Jersey. 



While, as has been shown, the requirements of General Or- 

 der No. 9 were accepted, and, so far as possible under the 

 various laws, put into practice by all of the New England com- 

 missions, one or two of the States have made further pro- 

 visions of their own. Those desiring to ship animals from 

 Vermont into any other of the New England States can have 

 them subjected to the tuberculin test by paying the actual cost 

 of the veterinarian's services, provided application is made to 

 C. M. Winslow, Secretary, Brandon, Vt., who will then send 

 a veterinarian of his own selection, and supplied with the tuber- 

 lin which is furnished, free of charge, by the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry at Washington, provided that a duplicate record of the 

 test, in each instance, is sent to that Bureau. This provision 

 makes the certificate furnished the Massachusetts Board, from 

 Vermont, the most valuable of any received, as all such exam- 

 inations are made under the direct supervision of the State 

 authority. 



The provision under which the Board of Cattle Commis- 

 sioners of the State of Maine certify to the competency of 

 veterinarians within their borders to make the tuberculin test 

 upon animals for shipment to other States provides that a 

 return of all tests made by such veterinarians, where any evi- 

 dence of tuberculosis exists, shall be immediately forwarded 

 to the Board of Cattle Commissioners. This failing, certifica- 

 tion of such veterinarian is at once revoked. 



The system inaugurated under General Order No. 9 has now 



