No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 



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all live stock at the port of Boston has been sent to Wash- 

 ington each month. The report is made to show weekly re- 

 ceipts. The following table shows the totals by months for 

 the past year : — 



Eeceipts of Live Stock at Boston for Twelve Months ending Nov. 



30, 1909. 



For Month ending - 



Cattle. 



Calves. 



Sheep 



and 



Lambs. 



Swine. 



Horses. 



Dec. 22, 

 Jan. 26, 

 Feb. 23, 

 March 31, 

 April 27, 

 May 25, 

 June 30, 

 July 31, 

 Aug. 31, 

 Sept. 30, 

 Oct. 31, 

 Nov. 30, 



Totals, 



26,338 

 24,764 

 15,484 

 19,!)98 

 13,205 

 11,230 

 13,736 

 10,664 

 14,062 

 13,801 

 17,617 

 22-,210 



9,245 

 6,244 

 6,905 



12, ni 

 11,417 



13, .165 

 14,190 



9,494 



12,158 



8,743 



8,976 



10,417 



203,109 



123,465 



28,311 

 33,234 



19,078 

 20,111 

 14,061 

 11,996 

 28,310 

 31,521 

 46,104 

 33,2.59 

 37,781 

 51,713 



174,765 

 140,039 

 121,984 

 126, 100 

 77,374 

 66,535 

 131,684 

 102,. 374 

 132,264 

 73,995 

 56,343 

 94,914 



354,479 



1,298,371 



2,385 

 2,485 

 2,300 

 3,385 

 2,395 

 2,135 

 2,540 

 1,995 

 2,180 

 1,905 

 2,117 

 2,350 



28,172 



The third division of the work consists in testing herds 

 with tuberculin for owners who desire it, and is known as 

 voluntary request work. The following figures show what has 

 been done under this division : — 



63 persons, in 30 different cities and towns, made volun- 

 tary requests to have their herds tested : — 



63 herds were tested, comprising- 575 cattle. 



Released, 462 



Killed on permit to kill, paid for, . . .53 

 Killed on j^ermit to kill, no award, . . .60 



575 cattle. 



In 3 of the animals killed no lesions were found on post- 

 mortem examination. 



Miscellaneous Diseases. 



In addition to rabies, glanders and bovine tuberculosis, the 



Cattle Bureau is called upon during the year to deal with other 



diseases of a contagious character, usually classified in these 



reports as " miscellaneous." While there are fewer cases of 



