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Two permits gave the privilege of bringing cattle in to be 

 fattened and sold for beef later. Seven permits were given 

 for cattle that were to be unloaded en route through the 

 State. Nineteen permits were given allowing cattle to be 

 brought into Massachusetts for exhibition purposes, and 4 for 

 cattle to be returned from exhibition in other States. One 

 permit Avas given allowing cattle to be brought weekly from 

 Rhode Island into this State, after having been previously 

 tested at Brighton and shipped thence to Providence, R. I. 

 One permit was given allowing 20 head of cattle to be 

 brought from Vermont to Haverhill, the cattle being imme- 

 diately thereafter taken into New Hampshire. This case was 

 promptly reported to the New Hampshire Cattle Commission. 



Besides the above, railroad agents, local inspectors and 

 others have reported 265 cattle brought into the State with- 

 out permission ; 104 of these were accompanied by satisfac- 

 tory certificates of test, 1 was a calf requiring no test, 1 

 was returned from out-of-State pasture, 27 were for beef, 

 and the remainder, 132, were looked up in every case and 

 tested by agents of the Cattle Bureau. 



The tuberculin used by the Cattle Bureau is furnished by 

 the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, with the 

 understanding that it is for State use only, that all tests 

 made will be reported in writing, and that the result of the 

 autopsies on reacting animals will be given. 



The third division of the work for the eradication of 

 tuberculosis comprises that which is known as voluntary 

 request ivork. This is testing entire herds at the written 

 request of the owners. With the exception of two or three 

 small herds, this has been done only upon the owners sign- 

 ing an agreement stating that they will take what the butcher 

 will allow for animals so slightly diseased as to pass the 

 slaughter house inspection , the State paying only for animals 

 that are so badly diseased that the carcasses have to be ren- 

 dered. The exceptions were small herds, where the cows 

 were not in beef condition, and where only a small number 

 were likely to react. In cases where the owners agree to 

 accept the butcher's returns upon animals that may safelj^ be 

 used for food, much of the burden falls on the owners, as 



