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isfactory certificate of tuberculin test, no further test is 

 required ; if not, they are tested free of charge to citizens 

 of Massachusetts, and at cost for other persons, but at the 

 owners' risk. 



Third. — Testing entire herds at the request of the owners, 

 with a view to eradicating tuberculosis from them. This is 

 known as "voluntary request work." Nearly twice the 

 number of cattle and herds have been tested for owners 

 under this head that were tested during the previous year, 

 and more could be done in this line if the appropriations of 

 the Cattle Bureau permitted of it. 



The following figures show what has been done under each 

 division : — 



Massachusetts Cattle. 

 Number released, ........ 743 



Number condemned, killed and paid for, . . . 1,120 

 Number permit to kill, and paid for, .... 82 



Number permit to kill, no award, ..... 152 



Number died in quarantine, no award, .... 66 



Number condemned and killed in process of settlement, . 679 

 Number released for lack of funds, .... 6 



Total Massachusetts cattle quarantined, 



2,748 



Cattle from without the State. 



Number released, ........ 



Number condemned and killed, no award. 



Number killed at owner's request after first test, no award. 



Number died in quarantine, no award, .... 



Number brought into State on approved test, retested and 

 condemned (4 of which have been paid for, 1 in process 

 of settlement), ........ 



Number condemned, killed, no lesions found (4 of which 

 have been paid for, 4 in process of settlement) , . 



Total, including 337 Brighton cattle held for retest, . 



Total number cattle quarantined, . . . • 



159 



268 



9 



451 



3,199 



Among the Massachusetts cattle quarantined, 25 were 

 tested to satisfy the owners as to the presence or absence 

 of disease ; of these, 13 were condemned and killed and 12 

 were released. 



