No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 



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Cattle not for immediate slaughter have been tested at 

 Brighton by the Cattle Bureau, and are included in the 

 Brighton report. 



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O^Ying• to the unsatisfactory manner in which animals 

 brought into the State were tested, an order was issued, 

 which took effect September 30, providing that all cattle 

 brought to the quarantine stations at Brighton, Watertown 

 and Somerville, except beeves for immediate slaughter and 

 calves under six months old, shall be tested by the agent of 

 the Cattle Bureau and his assistants. 



The above tables show a larger number of animals tested 

 at these stations by the State than any previous year, be- 

 cause of this order. The cattle are tested Tuesday and 

 Wednesday, in season to have the test completed at ten 

 o'clock Wednesday morning. Any that appear to react are 

 held over and tested the next week. If an animal reacts a 

 second time, it is either killed, or the owner returns it to 



