No. 4.] CATTLE COMmSSIONEES' REPORT. 383 



permits for 166 animals. All of the animals which have entered 

 the State under these permits have been placed in quarantine 

 and examined. All were found free from tuberculosis. 



In considering all the statistics based upon the work resulting 

 from the general orders of November 20, it must be remem- 

 bered that they have been in practical operation but a short 

 time, and that the figures are based upon not more than about 

 one month's experience. 



Summary. 



Whole number of neat cattle reported by inspectors and by others 



under section 29, chapter 491, Acts of 1894, 3,295 



Whole number of neat cattle examined at Brighton, Watertown 

 and Somerville, 1,432 



Whole number of neat cattle examined in Nantucket, . , . 665 



Total, .... - 6,394 



Of these all were examined with tuberculin, as a result of which there 

 were found tuberculous — 



From inspectors and others, 810, or about 24.58 per cent. 

 From Brighton examinations, 89, or about 6.21 per cent. 

 From Nantucket examinations, 6, or about .9 j)er cent. 



In considering these results, it should be remembered that 

 among the first lot are a great number of animals that were 

 selected by the inspectors, upon physical examination, as being 

 suspicious, so that it is not right to consider the per cent, 

 indicative of the probable extent of tuberculosis among the 

 herds of the State. 



The fiijures coming from the examinations made at the mar- 

 kets are valuable, for they show, almost absolutely, the whole 

 number of the diseased animals ; and they are the first reliable 

 statistics of the kind ever obtained, so far as we are aware, 

 under any similar conditions. 



Nantucket is the only part of the State that has as yet been 

 examined, herd by herd, taking in all of the animals. The 

 results are exceedingly satisfactory, but, inasmuch as the ani- 

 mals here are naturally isolated, the result cannot be consid- 

 ered as an indication of the average percentage of the disease 

 in the rest of the State. 



