412 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Second. — The quarantining of cattle by the local inspect- 

 ors, because there is reason to believe that the animals are 

 diseased. Most of them were found on the general inspec- 

 tion, although there were a few cases reported at intervals 

 during the year, chiefly upon complaint of the owner to 

 the inspector of animals in his town. 



It is provided by section 29, chapter 408, Acts of 1899, 

 as follows : — 



It shall be the dfity of inspectors, in addition to their inspec- 

 tions of animals for contagious diseases, to examine the barns, 

 stables or other enclosures in which neat cattle are kept, with ref- 

 erence to their situation, cleanhness, hght, ventilation and water 

 supply, and the general condition and cleanliness of the said neat 

 cattle, and to make a detailed report, with names and residences 

 of owners, to the board of cattle commissioners, who shall embody 

 the same in its annual report to the legislature. 



In accordance with this provision of the law, the following 

 order was issued to each inspector of animals : — 



Boston, Oct. 1, 1900. 

 , Insjjectoi' of Animals. 



The Board of Cattle Commissioners hereby directs tliat you 

 shall make a general inspection of the neat stock in your town, 

 and incidentally other farm animals, to commence at ouce, and to 

 be completed on or before the fifteenth day of November, as re- 

 quired by chapter 408, Acts of 1899. You will be provided with 

 a book to carry out the provisions of section 23 and a book to 

 carry out the provisions of section 29. 



Cattle are not to be quarantined as tuberculous unless they 

 show enough evidence of disease to make it possible to condemn 

 them on a physical examination, except where the udder of a 

 milch cow is tuberculous. On no account are cattle to be quaran- 

 tined simply for the pui'pose of testing them with tuberculin, when 

 they show no physical signs of disease. The only exception to 

 this rule is, that it is the duty of the inspectors of animals to 

 quarantine all cattle brought into the State without a permit from 

 this Board, until the owner furnishes the Cattle Conuuission with 

 satisfactor}^ certificates of a tuberculin test. Before quarantining 

 any cattle you should decide upon what cows j'ou are going to 

 quarantine, then send the papers on a number at once, so our 

 agent can see them all on one visit. 



