No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLK BUREAU. 



281 



Of the cattle quarantined, 4 were found ailected with 

 actinomycosis, 2 of which were condemned and killed, 1 

 released and 1 killed by owner for beef. 



Of the 197 condemned and killed on suspicion of being 

 tuberculous, brought into Massachusetts from ^^^thout the 

 State, 145 were tested and retested at Brighton, and the 

 other 52 were tested at other places. Sixteen were found 

 to show no lesions of tuberculosis, and the owners received 

 pay therefor from the State. Of these 16, 9 were tested at 

 Brighton and 7 at other points. 



During the year 283 cattle, 1 sheep and 4 swine were 

 reported b}" butchers, renderers and boards of health as 

 havino^ been found tuberculous at time of slauo-hter. None 

 of these animals were quarantined, and they are not included 

 in the 3,379 above reported. 



The second section of the work is given below, and in- 

 cludes the testing at Brighton and points outside, and also 

 the granting of permits for bringing cattle from without the 

 State to places outside the quarantine stations at Brighton, 

 Watertown and Somerville. 



Receipts of Stock at the New England Dressed Meai and Wool Com- 

 pany's Yards at Somerville, from Dec. 15, 1903, to Dec. 15, 1904. 

 Maine cattle, 842 



New Hampshire cattle, 

 Vermont cattle, 

 Massachusetts cattle, 

 Western cattle, 

 Sheep, . 

 Swine, . 

 Calves. 



3,707 



7,104 



1,476 



75,530 



420,260 



1,289,310 



74,571 



