No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 



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before being tested, to Brighton market ; 24 head of cattle 

 were slaughtered for beef; and 1, for which a certificate of 

 test was received and approved, has not yet been located. 

 With these exceptions, the cattle have all been looked up 

 and tested. 



TJiird. — This section is included under what is known as 

 voluntary request work, owners of herds asking to have 

 them tested. The animals have been tested at the request 

 of the owner, on condition that he would agree to take what 

 he could get from the butcher for animals that were so 

 slightly diseased as to pass as fit for beef, the State paying 

 for the badh^ diseased creatures, sending an agent to make 

 the test free of expense to the owner, and furnishing the 

 tuberculin. 



More work of this kind could be done if the appropria- 

 tions were larger, and it was not necessary to put so much 

 of the burden on the owners. Many farmers do not feel 

 that they can afford to take Avhat the beef and hides of their 

 animals bring, as manj^ of them are milch cows, and are 

 worth very little for beef. It ought to be possible for own- 

 ers who have tuberculosis in their herds to have the assist- 

 ance of the State in bringing about a better condition of 

 health, as it is of benefit to the community as well as to the 

 owner. 



Below is given a report of cattle tested under this sec- 

 tion : — 



Since Professor Koch's statement that there is but little 

 or no danger to human beings from the use of products of 

 tuberculous cows, it has made further investigation nec- 

 essary. The following experiments, conducted by Dr. 



