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Nearly all of these cattle were brought in on permits issued 

 by the Chief of the Cattle Bureau, only 182 head having 

 been brought in without permits, which were reported to 

 this Bureau by railroad agents, local inspectors or others. 

 Of these, 5 were accompanied by satisfactory certificates of 

 tuberculin test, 5 were calves under six months old, 2 were 

 slaughtered at once for beef, 2 Avere returned from pasture, 

 1 was condemned on physical examination and killed, and 

 the remainder, 167 head, were tested by agents of the Cattle 

 Bureau. There were also 6 herds brought into the State for 

 exhibition purposes, unaccompanied by permits, but these 

 were reported and looked after by the local inspector at the 

 place where they were exhibited. 



There were 838 permits issued, 108 of which were not 

 used ; on the balance, 14,595 head of cattle were brought 

 into the State. 



Eleven permits were issued allowing cattle to be brought 

 into the State for exhibition at agricultural fairs, to remain 

 for a short time only, and 3 for bringing cattle back from 

 exhibition at fairs in other States. Four permits were given 

 for pasturing cattle in this State for a short period or for the 

 season, 1 permit was given for returning cattle daily from a 

 pasture in Connecticut, 1 allowing an ox team to be used in 

 this State going back and forth across the border line, 1 for 

 cattle to be unloaded en route through the State, 1 allowing 

 a large bull to be exhibited at a museum during the season, 

 and 1 allowing an owner who lived near the New Hampshire 

 line to bring Massachusetts cattle back into the State after 

 being loaded at a station in New Hampshire simply as a 

 matter of convenience. 



Some opposition has developed during the past spring to 

 the provisions of Cattle Bureau Order, No. 11, requiring a 

 tuberculin test upon all cattle brought into Massachusetts to 

 be kept here, except calves under six months old and beeves 

 for immediate slaughter ; and last April a number of mem- 

 bers of the Massachusetts Cattle Owners' Association peti- 

 tioned the Governor, the Executive Council and the Chief 

 of the Cattle Bureau to amend that part of the rules and 

 regulations which provides that all cattle except those for 

 immediate slaughter, or calves under six months old, nmst 



