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and release of animals from without the State, that came in 

 with certiticates of soundness from approved veterinarians 

 or that came in for immediate slaughter, and the testing of 

 such cattle as are brought from without the State without 

 certificates. 



Besides this, the reception and slaughter and post-mortems 

 upon cattle sent from all over the State by local inspectors, 

 after condemnation by the Board, has consumed much time 

 and careful attention. It has been found advisable to have 

 nearly all this work done at Brighton, rather than to send 

 an agent to each farm where diseased cattle are found, kill 

 them and pay for their proper burial. 



Under the present system all the work is superintended 

 by a member of the Board, and the carcasses bring a con- 

 siderable revenue from the rendering establishment. Dur- 

 ing the year this method has proved sufficient to pay all 

 expenses incident to shipping, driving and slaughtering the 

 cattle, cleaning and disinfecting the cars, etc., and have a 

 balance of $2,783.36, which has been turned into the State 

 treasury. A larger advantage is the fact that the Board is 

 certain as to the disposal of the infected carcasses. The 

 number of such cars arriving at Brighton during the year is 

 144, and at Watertown ^3. 



The work of cleaning and disinfecting these cars has 

 absorbed consideral)le time. A small boiler and steam 

 pump are used, and the disinfectant is heated and thrown 

 into each car with a jet of live steam, thus reaching every 

 part, and removing any germs that may be present. 



Animals coming without certificates have been held in 

 quarantine for at least six days, and then subjected to the 

 tuberculin test. The holding of these animals for at least 

 six days before testing, to allow of their return to a normal 

 condition after the fever-inciting experiences of travel, has 

 proved that the unfortunate experiences with the tuberculin 

 test at these markets earlier in the work of this Board were 

 almost wholly due to the application of the test immediately 

 after the arrival of the animals. Under the longer quaran- 

 tine before test the results have been quite satisfactory. • 



Under the arrangement entered into with the Cattle Com- 

 missioners of the adjoining States, nearly all the cattle sent 

 from without the State to the public markets at Brighton, 



