308 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The following figures show the disposition of animals that 

 were brought into the State to points outside the quarantine 

 stations at Brighton, Watertown and Somcrville, which failed 

 to pass a satisfactory tuberculin test : — 



Condemned on first test, ........ 16 



Condemned on second test, ........ 83 



Condemned on thii'd test, ........ 1 



Died before a second test could be made, ..... 2 



Killed for beef without retest, on request of owner, subject to 



inspection, .......... 7 



Awaiting slaughter on first test, at request of owner, . . 2 



Awaiting a second test, ........ 5 



Awaiting a third test after calving, ...... 6 



Total, 122 



On the animals condemned as above, 4 warrants, with re- 

 port of killing, have not jet been returned ; 10 animals were 

 found on post-mortem examination to be free from disease 

 and have been paid for by the State; and 86 were found on 

 post-mortem examination to be affected with tuberculosis. 

 Of the 7 animals killed for beef on first test, 4 showed no 

 lesions on j)ost-mortem examination, 2 were diseased, and on 

 1 no report of result has been received. 



There Avere 1,012 permits issued during the year, 157 of 

 which were reported as not used. 



Twenty-three permits were issued allowing cattle to be 

 brought into the State for exhibition at agricultural fairs; 

 8 were issued for returning cattle from exhibition in other 

 States ; 9 were issued for pasturing herds in the State during 

 the season ; 2 allowing cattle to be unloaded in transit through 

 the State ; 2 allowing cattle to cross the line daily from pas- 

 ture or farms in other States ; and 3 allowing persons living 

 near the line to drive cattle across the corner of the State, 

 keeping the animals in the State for brief periods only. 



For several years, at the request of the United States De- 

 partment of Commerce and Labor, a report of the receipts 

 of all live stock at the j^ort of Boston has been sent to Wash- 



