No. 4.] CATTLE COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. 363 



Washington, D. C, during the month of June, which was re- 

 ferred to his Excellency the Governor, who instructed the sec- 

 retary to co-operate with the other boards in holding such a 

 meeting. This convention was held on June 19, 20 and 21, at 

 the Department of Agriculture in AVashington ; and Hon. Levi 

 Stockbridge, chairman, and Dr. Charles P. Lyman, secretary, 

 of this Board, were directed by his Excellency to attend the 

 convention on behalf of this Commonwealth. Many interesting 

 subjects were discussed ; among them tuberculosis, glanders, 

 and the matter of obtaining uniform State laws for the suppres- 

 sion and prevention of the spread of contagious and infectious 

 diseases among domestic animals. The papers on the subjects 

 and the discussions following them covered, in a very interest- 

 ing and instructive way, many of the questions in which this 

 State is now deeply interested. Among them there was a con- 

 sideration of the best methods of obtaining co-operative action 

 in the several States between which an interchange of domestic 

 animals is naturally and more or less constantly taking place ; 

 the best methods of handling and suppressing outbreaks of 

 glanders among horses ; and, incidental to the matter of stamp- 

 ing out contagious diseases, a consideration of the sul)ject of 

 indemnifying the owners of animals that are seized and de- 

 stroyed for the public good. 



On the subject of tuberculosis two valuable papers were pre- 

 sented ; that of J. H. Kellogg, M.D., of Battle Creek, Mich., 

 is a very exhaustive consideration of the subject from a sani- 

 tary stand-point, discussing as it does, among other things, the 

 existence and extent of disease among mankind and among 

 neat cattle, the activity of its contagious principle and the 

 methods by which it is spread. The second paper on the sub- 

 ject, by M. R. Truml)ower, V. S , of the Sanitary Live Stock 

 Board of Illinois, is an interesting and instructive discussion. 

 The remarks of Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Ani- 

 mal Industry, which followed these papers, are especially worthy 

 of attention. All of these papers and remarks contain a fund of 

 valuable information upon this subject. A copy of the proceed- 

 ings of the convention is appended to this report. 



Prior to September 1 of this year all inspections of animals 

 suspected of being tuberculous were conducted by this Board 

 upon the basis of a physical examination, and the results had 



