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Of the above 263 interstate cattle, 1G7 were tested and re- 

 tested at Brighton, 2 of which were released and 1G5 con- 

 demned ; no lesions were found in G, for 4 of which the State 

 has reimbursed the owners, and payment will be made for the 

 remaining 2 upon presentation of claims by owners. Of the 

 remaining 9G cattle (which were tested at other points than 

 Brighton), 6 were found to show no lesions, 4 of which have 

 been paid for, and the remaining 2 will be paid for upon pres- 

 entation of claims. 



In addition to the 3,332 head of cattle disposed of as above, 

 741 cattle and 1,628 swine have been reported by butchers, 

 Tenderers and boards of health as having been found tubercu- 

 lous at time of slaughter. Of this number, 463 cattle and 

 1,612 swine were slaughtered at the Brighton Abattoir, and 

 155 cattle and 1,233 swine were but slightly affected and 

 passed by the inspector of the Boston Board of Health or the 

 United States Bureau of Animal Industry inspectors as fit for 

 food. The others were rendered. The cattle and swine re- 

 ported as tuberculous at the time of slaughter by other boards 

 of health were all cases that showed sufficient evidence of dis- 

 ease to make it necessary to condemn them as unfit for food. 



Under the second group, the maintenance of a quarantine 

 against other States to prevent the introduction of tuberculous 

 cattle from outside sources into Massachusetts, the following 

 figures show the number of animals brought in from without 

 the State, and the disposition made of them : — 



Receipts of Stock at the Watertown Stock Yards, from Dec. 1, 



1908, to Nov. 30, 1909. 



New Hampshire cattle, 4,456 



Vermont cattle, 6,650 



Massachusetts cattle, 1,607 



Western cattle, 15,460 



Sheep and lambs, 6,473 



Swine, , 3,468 



Calves, 25,728 



