288 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Below is jriven the number of herds and cattle tested at 

 the request of their owners, with the results : — 



Number of herds tested, ........ 20 



Number of animals tested, ........ 359 



Number condeumed and rendered, ..... 43 



Number condemned and passed for beef, no award, . . 59 

 Number condemned and found free from tuberculosis, for 



which the State has i)aid, 3 



Number that did not react, ....... 254 



359 



In 7 of these herds no diseased animals were found ; an 

 animal reacted in one of them, but when killed no lesions 

 were found ; this cow was on a farm where a number of 

 diseased animals were killed in 1903, the herd being tested 

 this year to see if the work was complete. Six of the herds 

 had been tested in previous years, and were tested again 

 with a view to completing their cleaning up ; two of these 

 were given tests in the spring and fall ; on these farms 

 tuberculosis has been either eradicated or nearly so, the 

 number of reacting animals being very few. The other 14 

 were new herds, and the percentage of reactions varied 

 from to over 90 per cent. 



It is encouraging to find that in herds tested the previous 

 year the disease has been either entirely or nearly eradicated. 



Glanders. 



During the year ending Dec. 15, 1904, there have been 

 fewer cases of glanders and farcy among horses in Massa- 

 chusetts than during the year ending Dec. 15, 1903, as far 

 as can be ascertained through the various available sources 

 of information. 



For the year ending Dec. 15, 1903, 860 horses were 

 killed or died because of this disease ; while up to the cor- 

 responding date in 1904 the number was 809, showing a 

 decrease of 51. While this improvement is encouraging, 

 yet the conditions must still be looked upon as serious. 



The total number of animals examined during the past 

 year because of glanders is 1,371, — a larger luimber than 

 in any previous year; but tliis large number is partly made 



