No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 145 



Report of Cattle brought into State during the Year to Points Out- 

 side of the Quarantine Stations. 

 For dairy and breeding purposes, tested before shipment, . 764 

 For dairy and breeding; purposes, tested after arrival, . . 6,750 

 For dairy and breeding purposes, awaiting test, ... 7 



Total, 7,521 



Neat cattle on which no test was required, exclusive of cattle 



and calves for immediate slaughter, 1,089 



Total, 8,610 



The cattle and calves on which no test was required, exclu- 

 sive of animals for immediate slaughter, were as follows : — 



Keturned from out-of-State pastures, 795 



Calves under six months old, ....... 178 



Injured and killed, or died before tested, .... 6 



Kept in State for brief periods only, 110 



Total, 1,089 



The number of cattle and calves brought into the State for 

 immediate slaughter cannot be given exactly, as there were a 

 number of permits issued on which no definite returns were 

 received, there being several large abattoirs in the State 

 where beef cattle are constantly being received in carload lots, 

 and where inspection by United States government officials 

 is in force. In round numbers there were 10,000 cattle and 

 calves brought in on permits, intended for immediate slaugh- 

 ter. 



!N^early all of the total number of animals given above were 

 brought into the State on permits issued by the Chief of the 

 Cattle Bureau, only 359 head having been brought in without 

 permits, which were reported to this Bureau by railroad 

 agents, local inspectors or others. Of these, 13 were accom- 

 panied by satisfactory certificates of tuberculin test, 17 were 

 calves under six months old, 23 were slaughtered at once for 



