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to the propriety of reserving a part of Mr. Chenery's herd for 

 experiment, and of using his barn and premises as the hospital 

 in which to make the investigation contemplated by said Act. 

 On consultation with Mr. Chenery, and in accordance with his 

 wishes, it was determined that he should select ten of the 

 animals most valuable to himself, and most likely to be free 

 from disease ; and that the balance, twenty-seven in number, 

 should be appraised and disposed of in such manner as the two 

 Boards should see fit. Accordingly, on the 4th of August, 

 three gentlemen, Messrs. George W. Lyman, R. S. Fay, and 

 J. W. Underwood, were appointed for the purpose, and duly 

 appraised the twenty-seven head to be taken on behalf of the 

 Commonwealth. 



On the 25th of September the Medical Commissioners, 

 attended by Messrs. Lathrop and Walker, of the other Board, 

 met at Belmont. Four animals were killed. The first two 

 were sound. The others were found so diseased, that, in the 

 opinion of the Medical Commissioners, there was no safety in 

 allowing any of this herd to mix with other animals, and 

 they recommended that the whole should be ultimately de- 

 stroyed. 



Another meeting was held at Belmont on the 12th of Octo- 

 ber, when seven animals were killed and examined. Of these, 

 two only were found diseased. The others were sound ; but 

 some of them were calves, dropped subsequent to the severity 

 of the disease in Mr. Chenery's herd. 



The whole Board again met on the 16th of October, and 

 made a post-mortem examination of six more of these cattle. 

 Tiiree of them were sound, the others diseased. Of the seven- 

 teen animals disposed of in these examinations by the Medical 

 Board, nine were decidedly diseased with the pleuro-pneu- 

 monia. 



Only ten of the animals taken by the Commissioners then 

 remained alive, and from these four were taken by the Medical 

 Board for experiment, as they should judge best, which, 

 together with the four animals killed on the 25tli of Septem- 

 ber, were, by mutual agreement, charged to the account of 

 that Commission. 



On the 13th of December, the Commissioners and Medical 

 Examiners again met at Belmont, and killed three more of Mr. 



