No. 4,] CATTLE COMMISSIONERS. 451 



for the production of milk," so far as such duties relate to the 

 business of this Commission, beg to present the following 



Instruction to Inspectors. 

 Tuberculosis. 



1. All herds within your district that ai-e engaged in the pro- 

 duction of milk that is to be marketed or sold, including milk or 

 cream sold to creameries, or in which there are animals that are 

 being fattened for beef, shall be thoroughly examined by you as 

 often as once in each three months. 



2. If they are found to be entirely free from disease, the same 

 is to be certified by you upon a blank which will be furnished from 

 this office, which blank shall be given to the owner of the herd, to 

 be used by him for his own advantage. You will also send the 

 required certificate to this office, and keep your own memorandum 

 of the date and result of the inspection. 



3. If, on the contrary, tuberculosis is found to exist in the 

 herd, each animal showing it shall be isolated on the farm, or in 

 some other convenient place to be selected by you, and quaran- 

 tined there, under the authority of the local board of health, who 

 shall at once notify the commissioners. The milk from such 

 isolated animal shall not be sold, and in such instances the 

 certificate of health shall not be given for the herd ; or, if it has 

 been previously giveu, it shall be withdrawn. 



4. Quarantined animals must not be killed except by the per- 

 mission of the board of health imposing such quarantine, and in 

 your presence, as their inspector, or in the presence of an 

 inspector appointed by them, who will at once certify the death to 

 this office. 



5. Whenever you have reason to believe that new and 

 unsuspected animals have recently been introduced among a herd, 

 or when from any reason, at any time, you have cause to suppose 

 that disease exists in a herd, a reinspection shall be made at once, 

 and the directions already given shall be followed. 



Inspectioyi of Meat. 



1. Report to the commissioners the locations of all slaughter 

 houses within your district; give the name of the butcher, the 

 class of animals killed, the days of slaughter, and where the 

 general market is sought. 



2. As to the periodical inspection of these slaughter houses, 

 and the destruction of any meat that may be considered unfit for 

 human consumption, direction and action is to be taken from your 

 local board of health. 



