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or two a day, extended over a period of two or three weeks, as it 

 is much less expensive to send an agent to test a number of ani- 

 mals at one time than it is to send the same agent a number of 

 times to test the same lot of animals. 



We also call the notice of inspectors to the regulations for 

 cleansing and disinfecting, which they must see are strictly carried 

 out by the owners or occupants of all premises from which cattle 

 are removed by order of the Board of Cattle Commissioners. 



Specimens to be examined, dogs to be tested for the diagnosis 

 of rabies, and the like, are hereafter to be sent by express to Dr. 

 Langdon Frothingham, Harvard Medical School, 688 Boylston 

 Street, Boston, Mass. In every case the name and address of the 

 owner of the animal, with the history of the case, should be en- 

 closed with the specimen. 



Yours truly, Austin Peters, Chairman. 



The work of the inspectors having been ordered completed 

 by May 1, the following letter, dated May 12, was sent to 

 those inspectors who had not brought their work to a close : — 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



BoAHD OF Cattle Commissioners, 



Boston, Mass., May 12, 1897. 

 To the Town Inspector of Cattle. 



Sir : — We desire to call your attention to our letter of March 9, 

 ordering an inspection of cattle to be completed May 1. 



In towns where the inspection was completed on this date, we 

 wish to thank the inspectors for their promptness ; where such 

 inspection is not completed, we wish it brought to a close without 

 further delay. No more cattle are to be quarantined until another 

 inspection is ordered, unless some one reports a badly diseased 

 creature to the Board of Health. 



The inspectors of border towns are also requested to bear in 

 mind the provisions of General Order No. 9, requiring that cattle 

 brought in from without the State, which have not already been 

 tested with tuberculin in a manner satisfactory to the Board of 

 Cattle Commissioners, are to be held in quarantine at the expense 

 of the owner until tested with tuberculin at his expense by a 

 veterinarian acceptable to this Board. 



Per order Massachusetts Board of Cattle Commissioners, 



Austin Peters, Chairman. 



This letter was sent out for the purpose of stopping the 

 general inspection; but, while it was intended to close this 



