342 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



It will be seen from the above table that 109 cases of 

 glanders or farcy were reported by the renderers that had 

 not previously been recorded in the office of the Cattle Bu- 

 reau, and in most instances no other notification of them 

 was received. 



The reason for reporting the number of cases in Boston 

 separately is because the board of health has full jurisdic- 

 tion over glanders and farcy, and this Bureau has nothing to 

 do with investio-atino; cases which occur in Boston. 



Since last September the Cattle Bureau has hired a horse 

 and wagon, with a man or men, as needed, to go to all 

 premises in cities and towns within easy driving distance of 

 Boston, to disinfect stables where cases of glanders or farcy 

 occur. A great many owners are careless, or ignorant of 

 proper methods of disinfecting, and it is hoped that by having 

 experienced men to do this work it will help to check the 

 spread of the disease. Since this work was inaugurated 92 

 stables in 18 cities and towns have been disinfected by an 

 ao;ent of the Cattle Bureau. 



In Somerville the inspector of animals does the work for 

 the board of health, and it is so thoroughly done that it has 

 not been found necessary to send an agent there. 



The State has also paid a man in Worcester for the past 

 two years to disinfect premises for owners who did not seem 

 capable of doing it properly ; but this has not been done in 

 stables where the owners were able to do it, — it has been 

 done only in the lower class of stables, where the owners 

 were in many instances foreigners, and could not be made to 

 understand the importance of the work or the proper way of 

 doing it. 



The loss of property to owners from glanders and farcy in 

 this State is a serious matter. Between $60,000 and $70,000 

 worth of animals, at the least calculation, are killed annually, 

 to say nothing of the danger to human life. 



At the present time it seems to be the most important prob- 

 lem with which the Cattle Bureau has to deal, and the ques- 

 tion arises. What more can be done towards its eradication? 



The following suggestions are given for making further 

 headway towards decreasing it : — 



