No. 4.] CATTLE COMMISSIONERS' llEPORT. 579 



There are long windows over the large doors at either end of 

 the driveway, and in tJie lean-to in the rear of the cattle three 

 donble sash windows ; also windows at both ends of tie-up. 



The cattle pass down to the cellar through a passageway in the 

 leau-to, which is cat off from the tie-up by a rolHng door, and 

 from the cellar pass out into the yard on the south-east side of 

 the barn. There is running water in a trough in the yard, where 

 the cattle drink. 



There is a small door from one end of the tie-up, leading di- 

 rectly out of doors. 



The cattle are tied in stanchions and feed off the floor, with 

 standing partitions to keep each animal's feed separate from the 

 next one. 



The sound animals were kept in the pasture after the examina- 

 tion until late in the fall, with the exception of one milch cow 

 bought after the examination, which was put in the barn a little 

 earlier in the fall, and kept at one end of the tie-up, by the open 

 door. 



Very soon after the examination the barn was fumigated by our 

 veterinarian. I was not told what he used, but from the descrip- 

 tion of the way it was done, I think he used chlorine gas. 



The barn had the lai'ge doors open all summer, and no cattle in 

 it. In the fall, just before the cattle (with the exception of the 

 one milch cow) were put in the barn, the standing partition and 

 floor on which the cattle feed were removed and the boards used 

 for fuel, and new floor and partitions built. 



There were formerly doors on the south-east side of the cellar, 

 to close it in in the winter ; but during last winter, at least, they 

 were kept open. The barn has a ventilating cupola. 



The herd belonging to Mr. D, consisting of 25 animals, 

 was tested Aug. 22 and 23, 1895 ; 6 animals were con- 

 demned and killed, and found to be tuberculous. 



The herd was replenished with tested animals, and on 

 Dec. 24 and 25, 1896, was again tested, there being 28 

 animals on those dates, 5 of which reacted to the tuljerculin 



test. 



Oicner's Statement. 



My stable is 80 feet long by 40 feet wide, with monitor roof. 

 The stables are 9 feet high, and the centre or monitor part is 15 

 feet high, which gives each cow (25 in number) 1,372 feet air 

 space, and it is lighted with 38 windows (G lighted 9 by 15 glass), 

 and also 72 lights in doors. There are 3 large ventilators in the 

 monitor part that are never closed, and monitor windows are 



