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directions to immediately cleanse the troughs reported and 

 to see that they are kept clean in the future. A copy of 

 Order No. 12, with section 5 underscored, has also been 

 sent to the authority having charge of the public Avatering 

 troughs in each city and town where cases of glanders have 

 occurred ; also the necessary copies to inspectors of animals, 

 to post as required by the order. 



In Worcester also a number of stables have been disin- 

 fected at the expense of the State where glandered horses 

 have been killed, in instances where the owners were too 

 ignorant or too careless to do it properly. In the better 

 class of stables the proprietor comprehends the necessity 

 and importance of doing this work thoroughl}^ and also has 

 sufficient intelligence to carry out the directions given him. 



The reports of renderers, as required by section 111, 

 chapter 75 of the Revised Laws, continue to be of great 

 value, as the returns of many cases received at these estab- 

 lishments are frequently the first reports, and often the only 

 ones, received by the Cattle Bureau. When a case is re- 

 ported as occurring outside of the limits of the city of Bos- 

 ton, which has not previously been given, the inspector of 

 animals for the town from which the horse came, or an 

 agent of the Cattle Bureau, is immediately sent to examine 

 any other horses kept upon the premises, and it is also seen 

 that the disinfection of the stable is properly attended to. 

 These measures are undoubtedly of great assistance in 

 checking the spread of this malady. 



A comparative table is herewith given of the renderers' 

 reports of 1903 and 1904. It is encouraging, in that it 

 seems to show a slight improvement in the conditions for 

 the past year over the preceding one. 



