No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 



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State, on suspicion of being aftected with a contagious 

 disease : — 



Massachusetts cattle, 1,956 



Cattle coming from without the State, 477 



Total 2,433 



Of these, there were : — 



Massachusetts cattle released, 



Out-of-State cattle released, 



Massachusetts cattle condemned, killed and paid for, 

 Out-of-State cattle condemned, killed and paid for, . 



Massachusetts cattle, permit to kill and paid for, 

 Massachusetts cattle, permit to kill, no award, . 

 Massachusetts cattle died in quarantine, no award, . 

 Out-of-State cattle, condemned and killed, no award, 

 Massachusetts cattle, condemned and killed (in process of 



settlement), 



Out-of-State cattle, returned to State whence shipped, 

 Massachusetts cattle, in quarantine, not reported upon, 

 Out-of-State cattle, in quarantine, not reported upon, 



Total, 



2,433 



Thirty-three cattle, quarantined by inspectors early in the 

 year, before an appropriation had been made for the work, 

 were released for lack of funds to pay for the animals. 



Reports have been made by renderers, butchers and 

 inspectors upon animals not quarantined, but found tuber- 

 culous at time of slaughter, as follows : — 



Cattle, 68 



Calves, 1 



Swine, 5 



Total, 74 



Some of the cattle quarantined by the local inspectors 

 have been badly diseased, and a few have had tuberculous 

 udders. Such animals are certainly unfit to furnish milk 

 for human consumption, besides being a greater source 



