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It is also essential that the veterinarian should be sober and hon- 

 orable in his actions. I am so impressed with the needs of the live 

 stock producers for better veterinary service that I have prepared a 

 bill which I propose to ask some member of the legislature to intro- 

 duce during the present session. Out of due respect for the constitu- 

 tional rights for those who have engaged as much as three years in 

 the veterinary practice for a livelihood the bill which I have prepared 

 provides for them to register as veterinarians. It is provided for the 

 graduates of veterinary colleges now practicing in the State to reg- 

 ister. After January i, 1906, the bill provides that all who begin to 

 practice shall first pass an examination before the veterinary examin- 

 ing board, which examination shall be strict enough to fully test the 

 competence of the applicant. The expense of the registration and 

 liolding of examinations shall be provided for by charging each appli- 

 cant for registration a small fee, so that no money will be asked from 

 the State treasury. I think this is one of the most important pieces of 

 legislation from the live stock producers' standpoint. It will result 

 in better veterinary service, and will have a tendency to bring the 

 profession up to its deserved position. It will especially be a great 

 benefit to the State Veterinary department in controlling outbreaks 

 of contagious diseases which occur over the State. I sincerely hope 

 that the stock raisers will insist upon the passage of this law. Each 

 farming community of the State ought to have one of its young men 

 educated in veterinary surgery, and use him instead of the ignorant 

 impostors who are so common today. 



[The bill regulating the practice of Veterinary Surgery referred to above passed 

 both houses of the Legislature, and has been approved by the Governor, and is therefore 

 cow a law.— Secretary.] 



While the appropriation of money for the veterinary work does 

 not constitute new legislation, it is a matter with which the Legisla- 

 ture deals every two years, and it is as important to have an ample 

 appropriation made for the veterinary service as it is to have laws 

 upon the statute books to provide for the controlling of contagious dis- 

 eases. I believe that the live stock producers of the State ought to 

 be in closer familiarity with the work in controlling contagious dis- 

 eases, and not only insist upon the passage of laws, but upon the ap- 

 propriation of a sufl^icient amount of money to properly care for the 

 live stock of the State. Heretofore the funds provided for in the veter- 

 inary service have not been sufficient. With the money provided the 

 ordinary outbreaks of disease have been fairly well controlled. There 

 is one important incident, however, which shows that the breeders 

 of the State are not alive to the situation, and are not in all cases 

 g-etting what is due them from the Legislature. For some two vears 



