No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 141 



Reports have not been received from Haverhill, Fall River, 

 Shcrborn or Ware. The Haverhill inspector resigned in the 

 autnmn, because the city would not pay him enough, and the 

 city government has not reported his resignation, increased 

 his salary or chosen his successor. 



* There seems to be no excuse, so far as is known to the Chief 

 of the Cattle Bureau, for the inspectors of animals in Fall 

 River, Sherborn or Ware not having sent in their reports. 



Allowing for no diminution in the number of neat cattle 

 and cows in these four towns from the previous year, and add- 

 ing them to the totals given above, there seems to be a con- 

 tinued decrease in the number of both neat cattle and cows in 

 the State. The report shows 224,666 neat cattle inspected, 

 of which 169,415 were cows. Adding the number of neat cat- 

 tle and the number of cows respectively in Fall River, Haver- 

 hill, Sherborn and Ware a year ago, and subtracting the total 

 from the number of neat cattle and cows given in last year's 

 report, a falling oif is shown of 5,868 neat cattle, of which 

 4,516 are cows. The rej^ort also shows a diminution in the 

 number of sheep, pigs and goats, there being about 2,500 less 

 sheep, over 15,000 fewer swine and 73 less goats than in 1908. 

 If the work of the inspectors is thoroughly done and the fig- 

 ures are reliable, and it is believed they are, this shows a sad 

 state of affairs, and calls for a remedy. 



The inspectors of animals are appointed annually in the 

 month of March by the mayors and aldermen in cities and 

 the selectmen in towns, subject to the approval of the Chief 

 of the Cattle Bureau. Of course the Chief of the Cattle Bu- 

 reau cannot very well refuse to approve any reputable veter- 

 inarian appointed by the mayor and aldermen in a city, or any 

 reputable citizen appointed by the selectmen in a town, even 

 though he knows, when a change is made, that the new incum- 

 bent is not going to be as efficient as the retiring inspector, or 

 that in some cases a change is made in a border town for the 

 sake of having a man who is blind to the smuggling of untested 

 cattle across the line from neighboring States, in violation of 

 the rules and regulations of the Cattle Bureau. It seems as 

 though in many instances it would be desirable for the Chief 

 of the Cattle Bureau to have still more control and choice in 

 the matter of the appointment of the local inspectors, to the 



