No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 275 



At the close of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease a 

 house-to-house inspection was made by a<!:ents of tlie United 

 States Bureau of Animal Industry in towns wliere the out- 

 break occurred and in some of tlie adjoining towns. To 

 assist them in this work the reports of the inspectors of ani- 

 mals for 1902 were lent to the Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 from which to obtain a list of cattle owners in different i)laces. 

 The list of names taken from the book of Dr. E. M. Brastow 

 of Wrentham was found to contain the name of every cattle 

 owner in that town; and that of Dr. N. C. Bullard of North 

 Attleborough contained every cattle owner but two. The 

 names of such inspectors deserve to be placed upon a roll of 

 honor. Unfortunately, this is not the case in every city and 

 town ; in many places the lists contained the names of all 

 the large owners, but not the persons who owned only one 

 or two cows. In one town, not far from Boston, and a well- 

 to-do town at that, the list was found to be very meagre ; 

 the explanation of the inspector of animals here was that the 

 "selectmen only allowed him $50 per year, and he worked 

 until he thought he had earned that amount, and then 

 stopped." 



The law requires inspectors of animals to be sworn to per- 

 form the duties of the office faithfully ; and, if the town will 

 not allow enough to pay for the performance of the duties 

 properly, then the appointee ought to refuse to accept the 

 position. 



Another reason for the inspectors' reports not being better 

 may be due to the fact that the express company to whom 

 the books were given for delivery early in October was very 

 dilatory, and the inspectors did not receive them in some 

 instances for ten days or two weeks after they were taken 

 from the Cattle Bureau office. 



Tuberculosis. 



As the principal item of expense in the duties of the Cattle 

 Bureau is tuberculosis, it will be mentioned first. As usual, 

 it may be divided under three heads : — 



First. — That portion of the work comprised under the 

 quai-antining of animals by the local inspectors, on suspicion 



