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lambs, swine and horses at Boston. The following table 

 shows the animals received during the eleven months ending 

 Nov. 30, 1906. These figures include the cattle and sheep 

 intended for export, as well as those to be slaughtered at 

 the abattoirs around Boston, and the milch cows for sale to 

 farmers. Boston is quite a distributing point for horses 

 that are sold at the sales stables to go into cities and towns 

 surrounding Boston, as well as into some of the other New 

 England States. 



Receiiits of Live Stock at Boston during Eleven Months ending Nov. 



30, 1906. 



For Month ending - 



Cattle. 



Calves. 



Sheep 



and 



Lambs.- 



Swine. 



Jan. 30, 

 Feb. 28, 

 March 26, 

 April 2.5, 

 May 31, 

 June 27, 

 July 30, 

 Aug. 28, 

 Sept. 26, 

 Oct. 31, 

 Nov. 27, 

 Totals, 



22,101 

 17,133 



15,486 

 12,929 

 16,179 

 14,575 

 17,519 

 14,473 

 16,271 

 17,230 

 14,248 



178,144 



10,194 

 9,159 

 10,363 

 15,923 

 19,906 

 14,987 

 14,052 

 12,025 

 13,044 

 15,577 

 10,908 



23,307 

 24,466 

 20,400 

 23,577 

 27,332 

 27,016 

 26,284 

 18,042 

 38,176 

 ,50,109 

 38,048 



120,320 

 114,476 

 115,086 



98,582 

 93,303 

 77,821 



107,761 

 78,088 

 79,915 



100,066 

 &5,877 



145,138 



316,757 



1,071,295 



2,017 

 2,047 

 1,913 

 2,449 

 3,280 

 2,385 

 2,701 

 2,164 

 2,140 

 2,555 

 1,940 



25,591 



Miscellaneous Diseases. 



During the year there have been a number of outbreaks 

 or cases of diseases of various kinds that may be classed as 

 miscellaneous, including hog cholera, symptomatic antlirax, 

 anthrax, actinomycosis and other troubles similar to those 

 brought to the attention of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau 

 each year, and which have been descril)ed more extensively 

 in previous reports, and measures recommended for their 

 suppression. 



About thirty outl)reaks of disease have been reported 

 among swine during the past year, many quarantined under 



