No. 1.] REPOllT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 285 



tuberculin test, 68 were slaughtered at once for beef, 5 were 

 calves under six months old, and the remainder, 221, were 

 tested by agents of the Cattle Bureau. 



There Avere 830 permits issued, 106 of which were not 

 used; on the balance, 13,558 cattle were brought into the 

 State. 



Permits were also issued allowino^ 8 herds of cattle to be 

 brought into the State for exhibition at agricultural fairs, 

 to remain a short time. Permits were issued to one dealer 

 allowing cattle to be brought weekl}^ from Rhode Island 

 into this State, after having been previously tested at Brigh- 

 ton and shipped thence to Providence, R. I. ; these are not 

 included in the above figures. 



The cattle and calves on which no test was required were 

 as follows : — 



Returned from out-of-State pastures, .... 



To be pastured in the State during tlie season only, 

 To be pastured till fall and tlien slaughtered, . 

 Allowed to be returned to State from which they were shipped 

 shortly after arrival, ....... 



Previously tested in JNIassachusetts inside of six months, . 

 Died before test could be made, ..... 



Unloaded en route through State, ..... 



Brought into State to be photographed, remaining one day only 

 Oxen allowed to be used in State on farm bordering the line 

 Calves under six montlis old, ...... 



Cattle for immediate slaughter, .... 2,3o0 



Calves for immediate slaughter, .... 3,545 



940 



40 

 28 



3 

 1 

 1 



68 

 5 

 2 



99 



5,875 



Total, 7,062 



It will be seen above that 3,663 cattle were tested after 

 arrival by agents of the Cattle Bureau, and that 3,185 were 

 accompanied by certificates of test; all the former were hon- 

 estly tested, and probably many of the latter. At present 

 the list of veterinarians in Maine, New Hampshire and Ver- 

 mont is thought to include only honest men ; but some of 

 the cattle brought from New York State, it is feared, have 

 not been honestly tested, as, owing to the greater distance 

 from Massachusetts of many of these veterinarians, and the 

 difticultv of ol)taining reliable infonnalioii concerning them. 



