the scourge of tuberculosis. 
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propriation to $20,000. Five hundred and six cattle were 
killed at an expense of $13,732. This year $75,000 was appro¬ 
priated, not a sufficient sum for extensive operations on the part of 
the board. Offenses against the statutes which prescribe the 
quality of milk are so severely punished that violations are 
comparatively rare. 
Harrisburg, Pa. —Pennsylvania expends $60,000 a year 
for the extermination of cattle afflicted with tuberculosis. Test 
is made 011 cattle on application from the owners. Cattle 
killed are paid for at the rate of $25 for common cows and $50 
for registered animals. Cattle found to be infected are 
killed at once. The state live stock sanitary board prepares 
tuberculin for the state’s use, but it is furnished free to any cattle 
owner who wishes to test his herd. During 1898 the number 
of inspections made was 14,437, and among these 1348 were 
condemned. The cities have made inspections of milk in a per¬ 
functory way, but little has been done to restrict the sale of 
milk not known to be pure. The pure food department caused 
many arrests of dairymen selling impure milk. 
Philadelphia, Pa. —On October 16, 1894, the board of 
health of the city of Philadelphia adopted the following resolu¬ 
tions : “ Resolved. That the chief inspector of milk keep a 
book in which shall be registered all herds of milk cows that 
supply the city of Philadelphia that have been certified as free 
from tuberculosis by the tuberculin test ; also of such as have 
not been thus reliably certified and which are therefore 1 sus¬ 
picious,’ which record shall be open to the inspection of the 
public ; said records shall contain the names of the dealers 
supplied by such herds.” 
Hartford, Conn. —When any contagious disease exists 
among cattle in this state the commissioner may quarantine 
them and prohibit the sale of their products. Focal authorities 
are required to report contagiously diseased cattle to the com¬ 
missioner. For the year ending on September 30, 1898, the 
state paid $1060 for seventy-one cattle condemned and killed. 
The state does not appropriate a specific amount, but leaves it to 
the judgment of the commissioner. The tuberculin test has 
been wholly abandoned in Connecticut. Some of the cities 
required the physical examination of all cows whose milk is 
sold within their limits, and the legislature now has under con¬ 
sideration a general law on the subject. Commissioner Sprague 
says in his report that tuberculosis prevails, but not to an alarm- 
