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high-school work, or seven units. Tliis is to apply to colleges on 

 the "well-recognized" or "accredited" list, whose graduates will be 

 eligible for appointment either in the War Department or in the 

 Bureau of iVnimal Industry. In many quarters it was suggested 

 that high-school graduation be required, but in view of all circum- 

 stances this was considered too much of an advance at present. 



Another phase of veterinary education has been developed by 

 agricultural colleges increasing the nmiiber of veterinarians on the 

 faculty and giving instruction for two years that is similar and 

 equal to the hrst two years at accredited veterinary colleges. The 

 facilities for giving this teaching have been investigated oy repre- 

 sentatives of this bureau in each instance, and five State colleges 

 have been added to the list of accredited agricultural colleges. The 

 tendency at present seems to be to follow the lead established by 

 medical and dental colleges in eliminating private colleges in favor 

 of State colleges or colleges operated under ample endowment. 



The attendance at veterinary colleges has been diminished mate- 

 rially, largely because of the war. The dean of one of these colleges 

 reports that owing to war enlistments he has lost 50 per cent of his 

 faculty and 66 per cent of his students. The number of freshmen 

 enrolled in all veterinary colleges in the country for the session 

 beginning with the fall of 1917 was 338 against 637 for the preceding 

 year, a decline of more than 50 per cent. When it is considered 

 that the enrollment for the 1916 session was 50 per cent less than 

 formerly, it is easily realized that there has been a great reduction 

 in the number of men who desire to take up the study of veterinary 

 science. The combined attendance at all the veterinary colleges 

 was 1,841 against 2,661 for the former year. The number of gradu- 

 ates was 93 more than in the preceding year, or 867 against 774, 

 the reason for this increase being that the senior classes were larger 

 than usual, many students taking advantage of the fact that they 

 could graduate after three years' attendance. 



During the year it was found that one college failed to com- 

 ply with the rules, and this one was removed from the accredited 

 list. No additions were made to this list during the year. The 

 difhculty of procuring an adequate faculty and the prospect of a 

 diminishing number of students have caused four colleges to discon- 

 tinue their sessions. One of these has been for many years the 

 largest veterinary college in the United States. The number of 

 accredited veterinary colleges is 17 in the United States and 8 in 

 foreign countries. 



. OFFICE OF HOG-CHOLERA CONTROL. 



COOPERATIVE WORK FOR CONTROL OF HOG CHOLERA. 



The work looking to the control of hog cholera has been continued 

 through the Office of Hog-Cholera Control, in charge of O. B. Hess, 

 along the general lines adopted in 1917. From a limited number of 

 counties in 14 States it has been extended to State-wide efforts in 34 

 States, the work in 30 of these States consisting principally of control 

 measures. In Cahfornia, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Ohio, 

 Oklahoma, and Utah, in addition to control work, a veterinarian 

 has been assigned in each State with the extension division of the 

 agricultural college whose entire time is given to educational activi- 



