No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 329 



Of the above 494 interstate cattle, 375 were tested at 

 Brighton, 5 of which were released for slaughter and 370 

 condemned; no lesions were found in 9, for 7 of which the 

 State has reimbursed the owners, and payment will be made 

 for the remaining 2 upon i)resentation of claims by owners. 

 Of the remaining 119 cattle (which were tested at other 

 points than Brighton), G were found to show no lesions; for 

 3 of these the State has reimbursed the owners, and 3 will be 

 paid for upon presentation of claims. 



In addition to the 2,84G head of cattle disposed of as above, 

 302 cattle and 106 swine have been reported by butchers, 

 Tenderers and boards of health as having been found tuber- 

 culous at the time of slaughter, all of which were rendered. 

 Of this number, 92 cattle and 67 swine were slaughtered and 

 condemned at the Brighton Abattoir. 



The policy of the Bureau has been changed to some extent 

 in the handling of cattle condemned because of tuberculosis. 

 In view of the extremely high initial cost of dairy cattle it 

 has seemed wise to at least attempt to meet the farmer with 

 a price which would be of material assistance to him in re- 

 placing the condemned animal. The Bureau's agents do not 

 lose sight of the fact that a cow badly affected with tuber- 

 culosis is not of especial value. However, they desire to 

 encourage a spirit of co-operation on the part of the indi- 

 vidual owner which will insure prompt report on his part of 

 any suspicious animal that may be in his herd, and they en- 

 deavor to cause him to feel that in reporting the case to the 

 Cattle Bureau, rather than calling in a local dealer, he is 

 not only benefiting himself, but assisting in the work of 

 eradication of the disease from the State. 



Under the second group, the maintenance of a quarantine 

 againsit other States to prevent the introduction of tuber- 

 culous cattle from outside sources into Massachusetts, the 

 following figures show the number of animals brought in 

 from without the State, and the disposition made of them : — 



