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BOAED OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Of the 281 condemned and killed on suspicion of being 

 tuberculous, brought into Massachusetts from without the 

 State, 192 were tested and retested at Brighton, and the 

 remaining 89 were tested at other places. Eight were found 

 to show no lesions of tuberculosis, for which the State reim- 

 burses owners. Of these 8, 2 were tested at Brighton and 

 6 at other points. 



Of the animals tested and retested at Brighton and con- 

 demned, 81 were rendered and 102 passed for beef. 



During the year 377 cattle and 21 swine were reported by 

 butchers, Tenderers and boards of health as having been found 

 tuberculous at time of slaughter. These animals were not 

 quarantined, and are not included in the 3,199 above reported. 



Beceipts of Stock at the Watertown Stock Yards, from Dec. 16, 1905, 



to Nov. 30, 1906. 



Vermont cattle, ....... 5,221 



New Hampshire cattle, 

 New York cattle, . 

 Massachusetts cattle. 

 Western cattle. 

 Sheep, . 

 Swine, . 

 Calves, . 



6,014 

 826 



2,674 

 18,403 



4,784 



6,929 

 28,074 



Receipts of Stock at the New England Dressed Meat and Wool Com- 

 pany's Yards at Somerville, from Dec. 16, 1905, to Nov. 30, 1906. 

 Maine cattle, . . " 2,928 



New Hampshire cattle, 

 Vermont cattle, 

 Massachusetts cattle. 

 Western cattle. 

 Sheep, . 

 Swine, . 

 Calves, . 



1,793 



4,683 



989 



81,526 



314,063 



1,064,982 



63,061 



Cattle not for immediate slaughter have been tested by the 

 agent of the Cattle Biu-eau at Brighton, and are included in 

 the Brighton report. 



