328 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Tuberculosis. 



The work for the eradication and control of bovine tuber- 

 culosis can, as usual, be grouped under three heads: first, the 

 examination of animals quarantined by the local inspectors 

 on suspicion of being diseased, and the appraisal and con- 

 demnation of those found by the agents to be tuberculous; 

 second, the quarantining and testing of cattle intended for 

 dairy or breeding purposes, brought into Massachusetts from 

 other States to the stock yards at Brighton, Watertown or 

 Somerville, and those brought in on permits to other points ; 

 third, testing cattle with tuberculin for owners who are de- 

 sirous of eradicating the disease from their herds. 



The following figures show th« number of neat cattle quar- 

 antined by local inspectors, the number for which warrants 

 were issued, and the disposition made of the animals: — 



Total number of cattle quarantined or re- 

 ported for examination during the year, .... 2,846 



Massachusetts Cattle. 



Number released, 345 



Number condemned, killed and paid for, . 1,383 



Number permit to kill, paid for. . . . 105 



Number permit to kill, no award, . . . 146 



Number ])ermit to kill, to be paid for, . . 15 



Number died in quarantine, no award, . . 80 

 Number condemned and killed, award waived 



by owner, ....••■ 1 

 Number condemned and killed, in jirocess of 



settlement, 247 



Number in quarantine, unsettled, ... 30 



2,352 



Cattle from without the State. 

 Number released for slaughter, ... 9 



Number condemned and killed, no award, . 469 

 Number condemned, killed, no lesions found, 



paid for, ....... 10 



Number condemned, killed, no lesions found, 



to be paid for, ...... 5 



Number unsettled, 1 



494 



Total 2,846 



