Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-30
CATTLE REPORT.
Names Cattle and Horses Receiving
Careful Attention.
About Same Number Destroyed last Year as
Year Previous.


Thomas Daggett. which has just been
completed, is a document which con-
tains good deal Of timely information
on the steps taken to prevent the in
production of diseased cattle into Maine,
steps in line with those of previous
years which have given Maine cattle
an enviable reputation among farmers
and dealers in other states.
The commissioners have 22S inspec-
tons of horses and cattle during the
year. a number largely in excess of
any previous year. While the number
condemned is approximately the same
the expenses has increased beyond the
annual appropriations. which must be
increased if the same vigor is to be
used in the vigilance and control of
diseased horses and cattle.
For 43 head of horses We're condemned
and destroyed at an appraisal of ST.
927. so, and rs head of cattle were also
sal of s2459, the total amount of APP
praisals for the year being $43S6
The number of horses found to be af-
fected with CHAMBERS is q less than 1894
while the number of cattle affected with
tuberculosis is % more, which repre-
sents almost the exact number found
in the two herds at New Gloucester,
which We're discovered towards the
very latter part of the year. and
where in each instance the disease
could be clearly traced to the introduce
ton of new animals from herds in
which diseased animals had previously
been found and destroyed by the cat
tie commissioners.
Our quarantine against Massachu-
sets is still in force and was supple
mented on November u. 1895, by an
visions, and which had become abso-
lutely necessary. not only to provide
against cattle from Massachusetts COM
ing here in violation of our quarantine
regulations. (Which had occurred in
several instances) but also to prevent
droves and car loads of cattle coming
into Maine from other infected states.
without any permit or without having
been submitted to tuberculosis tests,
which latter requirement has since
been adopted and agreed to by all
boards of cattle commissioners of the
New England States in convention at
Providence, r. l., last November
AS regards our quarantine against
Massachusetts. n few shipments Of
mich cows have been made from that
state, that owing to some carelessness
or lack of proper instructions upon
the part Of some owner or agent, have
arrived in Maine without such permit.
but have been held for inspection
In regard to bringing cattle into
Maine the report states that it will be
necessary in the future to have all such
cattle properly tested with tuberculin
and the proof of such tests furnished
some member of our board, when if
approved, permit will be granted to
the owner. which will insure his cattle
not only to be accepted by the trans
portation agent of any company whose
fay &c In, ut hut
no detention while en- route to their
destination.
By this means. buyers in this State
are protected from getting diseased
animals.
In regard to our late quarantine of
cattle from any point of the compass, it
had come to the knowledge of our
board that several droves and car loads
of cheap cows We're being brought in
to Maine along the line of the Grand
Trunk Railroad from New Hampshire
and Vermont. and were being distribu-
ted and sold among the farmers along
the line, many of whom had sold off
from their herds much more desirable
animals such as our drovers are Sc
lecting every week for the Brighton
market, and many of which command
fancy price in Boston owing to the
now undisputed fact that Maine cows
are practically free from tuberculosis
and that we have the minimum amount
of any New England state.
This being conceded our drovers are
seeking out and purchasing a class of
COWS, of which the supply will soon be
unequal to the demand, as they select
only the best. and while discardng
cows that are too old or too young, or
farrow. they are able to offer the
farmer a few dollars extra price for
his best mich cows often leaving be-
hind two that cannot supply the
amount of milk or butter of the one
sold. leaving him two to care for and
two to feed, to obtain the equal product
of the one let go.
ton, without condemning any of the
brands that have heretofore been of
fered. have now agreed upon Koch's
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