No. 1.] KEPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 279 



Total Receipts of Live Stock at the Three Stations, from Dec. 15, 



1902, to Dec. 15, 1903. 



Cattle, 97,570 



Sheep, 423,046 



Swine, 1,055,212 



("alvcs, 107,987 



Cattle tested at stations (of which 12(i are re- 

 tests), 6,707 



Cattle released after test, .... 6,628 



Cattle eondemned after retest, ... 79 



Of the 79 condciniicd, 28 were so badly diseased as to 

 have to be rendered ; the owners received the returns for 

 beef on all but 5, which were found free from disease, and 

 for which the State had to pay. 



The receipts of cattle, sheep, swine and calves from New 

 England were very small during the first half of the year, 

 because of foot and mouth disease, most of the animals hav- 

 ing been received since June 15. 



lieport of Cattle brought into the State during the Year, to 

 Points outside the Quarantine Stations. 



During the year 1903, 995 permits were issued to bring 

 cattle into Massachusetts, 164 of which were not used ; 12 

 were cancelled on account of the discovery of foot and mouth 

 disease in New Hampshire and Vermont. On the balance, 

 the following cattle were brought in : — 



For dairy and breeding purposes, tested before shipment, . 4,717 



For dairy and breeding purposes, tested after arrival, . . 3,725 



Calves under six months old, requiring no test, . . . 180 



Cattle returned from out-of -State pastures, .... 230 



Cattle to be pastured and returned to Rhode Island, . . 13 



Cattle that tiled before they could be tested, .... 3 

 Cattle that had previously been inspected by the United States 



authorities, on which no State test was required, . . 50 



Total, 8,918 



Ninety-four permits were for cattle for immediate slaugh- 

 ter, 20 being for a carload weekly, and 1 for five or six car- 

 loads weekly. On these permits a great many cattle were 

 brought in for beef, the exact number not being recorded, 



