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Cattle Bureau at the Brighton stock yards or by agents at 

 other points ; and the identification and releasing of cattle 

 upon which tests are re(iuired, if accompanied by satisfactory 

 certificates of test, at points outside the stock yards. All 

 cattle brought from without the State to the stock yards at 

 Brighton, Watertown and Somerville, upon wdiich a test is 

 required, arc held and tested by the agent of the Cattle 

 Bureau in charge of these stations. 



Third. — What is known as "voluntary request work," 

 where entire herds are tested with tuberculin at the request 

 of the owners, with a view to eradicating tuberculosis from 

 them . 



The results of the ^n*?^ section of the work for suppressing 

 bovine tuberculosis are given below. 



During the year animals have been quarantined in 266 

 different cities and towns of the State by local inspectors 

 as tuberculous, or as having been brought into Massachusetts 

 and held in quarantine until satisfactory evidence of tuber- 

 culin test was presented to the Chief of the Cattle Bureau, 

 as follows : — 



Massachusetts Cattle. 

 Number released, . . . . . . 



Number condemned, killed and paid for. 



Number permit to kill, and paid for, 



Number permit to kill, no award, . 



Number died in quarantine, no award, . 



Number condemned and killed, in process of settlement 



Number released for lack of funds, December, 1903, 



Number in quarantine, unsettled, .... 



Total Massachusetts cattle quarantined, . 



752 



1,273 



74 



110 



68 



276 



4 



1 



2,558 



Cattle from without the State. 

 Number released, ........ 619 



Number condemned, killed and paid for. 



Number condemned and killed, no award. 



Number killed at owner's request after first test, no award, 



Number died in quarantine, ...... 



Number in quarantine, unsettled, ..... 



Total, including 290 tested at Brighton, . 



16 



181 



3 



1 



1 



821 



Total number cattle quarantined, .... 

 Total numl)er cattle kilb'd and found to be tuberculous. 



