No. 4.] 



CATTLE COMMISSIONERS. 



561 



Inoculations for Diagnosis of Glanders. 



Ncgiitive. Positive. 



Inoculation of nasal discharge from suspected horses, 12 6 



Inoculation of discharge from sujjposed farcy-bud, . 3 3 



Inoculation of discharge from lesion on instep of man, - 1 



15 



24 



Babies, 1897. 



Number of negative inoculations, 

 Still under observation, 



Disposition of Tuberculous Animals and the Restriction of 

 Tuberculosis in Cattle. 

 Your honorable Board has requested me to express an opinion 

 as to the existing laws regarding the disposition of tuberculous 

 animals and methods of restriction of tuberculosis in cattle. 



Disposition of Tuberculous Animals. 

 According to the letter of the present law, if a single tubercle, 

 not even the size of a pin's head, is discovered in the body of an 

 animal, such animal cannot be used for food, but is consigned to 

 the rendering tank ; moreover, the State must pay the owner of 

 such animal its full value. Such a law, it seems to me, sanctions 

 wanton waste of excellent food, and is far removed from the 

 ground principles of economic science. The laws of the most 

 advanced European States have been the outcome of careful obser- 

 vation, practical experience and scientific study. For the most 

 part, they are essentially the same as the United States law cover- 

 ing this subject, and for the State of Massachusetts I advocate a 

 law more in harmony with these than the present one is. 



Tlie Restriction of Tuberculosis in Cattle. 

 Though feeling strongly that our existing laws relating to this 

 much-debated subject are inadequate, I am, without much more 

 careful thought and study, unwilling to suggest others. 



