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BOARD OF AGKICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Massachusetts Cattle. 

 Number released, ....... 



Numljer condemned, killed and paid for, 



Nmnber permit to kill, and paid for. 



Number permit to kill, no award, .... 



Number died in quarantine, no award, . 



Number condemned and killed in process of settlement 



Number released for lack of funds, 



Number in quarantine, unsettled, .... 



Total Massachusetts cattle quarantined, . 



560 



1,302 



68 



116 



78 



578 



27 



1 



2,730 



Cattle from withont the State. 

 Number released, ........ 



Number condenmed, killed and paid for. 



Number condemned and killed, no award. 



Number killed at owner's request after first test, no award. 



Number died in quarantine, no award, .... 



Number in quarantine, misettled, ..... 



Total, including 255 Bx'ighton cattle held for retest, 



Total number cattle quarantined, . . . . 



713 

 4 



167 

 5 

 3 



7 



899 



3,629 



Among the Massachusetts cattle quarantined, 59 were 

 tested to satisfy the owners as to the presence or absence of 

 disease ; of these, 31 were condemned and killed and 28 

 were released. 



Of the cattle quarantined as tuberculous, 2 were found 

 affected with actinomycosis, and were released, to be killed 

 for beef by owners. 



Of the 17() condemned and killed on suspicion of being 

 tul)erculous, brouo-ht into Massachusetts from without the 

 State, 103 were tested and retested at Brighton, and the 

 other 73 were tested at other places. Four were found to 

 show no lesions of tuberculosis, and the owners received 

 pay therefor from the State. Of these 4, 2 were tested at 

 Brighton and 2 at other points. 



During the year 307 cattle, 12 calves and 28 swine were 

 reported by butchers, renderers and boards of health as hav- 

 ing been found tuberculous at time of slaughter. These 

 animals were not fjuarantined, utid are not included in the 

 3,()2i> above reported. 



