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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Paid for cattle condemned, killed and found tuberculous, 

 1,423 head, 



Paid for cattle condemned, killed and no lesions found, 43 

 head, 



Paid for quarantine expenses, 17 head, 



Paid for expenses of killing and burial. 



Paid for arbitration expenses, 



Paid for salaries of commissioners, .... 



Paid for expenses of commissioners, .... 



Paid for services of agents, 



Paid for expenses of agents, 



Paid for clerks and stenographers, .... 



Paid for postage, stationery, printing and other office ex 

 penses, 



Paid for expenses of laboratory and experimental work, 



Paid for expenses of quarantine stations. 



Paid for expenses of glanders, killing and burial, 



Paid for tuberculin and implements, .... 



Total, $58,205 73 



Of this amount, there was paid for 1899 accounts $12,- 

 573.52, leaving balance paid for expenses of current year to 

 December 15, $45,632.21. The average price paid for the 

 1,466 head condemned was $21.66. During the year there 

 has been received and paid to the State Treasurer, proceeds 

 from sales of hides and carcasses of condemned cattle, $791.78. 



Tuberculosis. 



As in previous years, the chief cause of expense in eradi- 

 cating the communicable diseases of animals has been in 

 connection with bovine tuberculosis, and more animals have 

 been condemned and killed on account of this affection than 

 any other ; hence it is given the first place in this report, 

 although it can hardly be considered of greater importance 

 than glanders under existing conditions, or than rabies at 

 times when this disorder is very prevalent. 



The management of tuberculosis, as in former years, may 

 be divided under three general heads : — 



First. — The maintenance of quarantine regulations against 

 other States, requiring that all cattle imported into Massa- 

 chusetts for dairy or breeding purposes shall be free from 

 tuberculosis, their health being based upon their being able 

 to pass the tuberculin test. The owner may have them 



