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It was not discovered ho^y the disease is spread. Inoculation experiments were with 

 negative results. The disease is most prevalent in summer and fall. Native horses 

 are equally suseei)til>le with imported breeds, and one attack does not confer immu- 

 nity. Prognosis is unfavorable, and the mortality is 50 per cent or greater. The red 

 blood corpuscles are re<luced to 2,000,000 per cubic centimeter of blood. No hema- 

 tozoa were found in the blood. A micro-organism was discovered Avhich may prove 

 to be- the cause of the disease. Quinine, arsenic, vegetable tonics, and other reme- 

 dies have proved unsatisfactory. Intestinal antisepsis gave promising results. 



C. C. Lyford described the Differential Diagnosis between Farcy, Furunculus, and 

 Bursattee. Bursattee was said to affect chiefly the epithelia and mucous membranes 

 and to be essentially a warm-weather disease. Moisture favors the develoi^ment of 

 the sores. Farcy may be superficial or deep, and affects the lymphatic glands. 

 It is further differentiated from bursattee by the exudation of pus from the sores. 



J. C. Norton discussed the results of strict sanitary regulations in Arizona, giving 

 special attention to the control of Texas fever, hog cholera, and other infectious dis- 

 eases, and mentioning peculiar difficulties in enforcing the laws in that Territory. 

 L. Pearson discussed the organization of State veterinary work, calling attention to 

 the great imjaortance of animal industry and to the numerous mistakes which have 

 been made in veterinary legislation. It was argued that the best results were 

 obtained when the work was largely under the direction of veterinarians. Spe- 

 cial stress was laid on the value of Avell-equipped laboratories for the use of State 

 sanitary boards. 



A resolution was adopted requiring the State veterinary associations to make their 

 conditions for membership the same as the national association; and another recom- 

 mending that the clinics at the meetings of the association be enlarged and made to 

 include exhibitions of jDathological specimens, etc. 



The fourth day of the meeting was spent at the veterinary building of the Univer- 

 sity of Minnesota in attendance upon clinics illustrating operative and other treat- 

 ment for various diseases. 



The officers elected for the ensuing year were as follows: President, S. Stewart; 

 vice-presidents, J. G. Rutherford, W. H. Dalrymple, E. M. Ranck, 31. E. Knowles, 

 and M. H. Reynolds; secretarj', J. J. Repp; and treasurer, W. H. Lowe. 



The members of the Association of Experiment Station Veterinarians held an 

 informal meeting and after a brief discussion decided to allow that organization to 

 lapse. The meetings of the organization have been held in connection with those of 

 the national association, and since the papers read at both meetings are of similar 

 nature, it was thought best to combine all of this work rather than to attempt to 

 maintain two distinct organizations. 



American Park and Outdoor Art Association.— The sixth annual meeting of this 

 association was held in Boston, August 5-7. Addresses on a Avide range of subjects 

 connected with landscape architecture and civic improvement were presented and a 

 relatively large space on the program was devoted to the subject of Gardening for 

 Children. Mr. Dick J. Crosby, of this Office, introduced the subject in an address 

 Tuesday evening on The School Garden Movement. On Thursday afternoon the 

 entire session was devoted to the discussion of various phases of this moveiBent as 

 outlined in the following list of topics and speakers: The School Garden as a Phase 

 of Industrial Work, W. A. Baldwin, Principal State Normal School, Hyannis, Mass.; 

 Boston Sand Gardens, Ellen M. Tower, Lexington, Mass.; School Gardens at the 

 Hartford School of Horticulture, H. D. Hemenway, Director, Hartford, Conn. : The 

 National Cash Register Boys' Gardens, George A. Townsend, jr., Dayton, Ohio; Some 

 Neglected ]Millions, George Henry Knight, New York City; How we Reach I^lighteen 

 Thousand School Children in New York, J. W. Spencer, Supervisor Bureau of Nature 

 Study, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. ; Nature Study for Children, George T. 

 Powell, Director School of Practical Agriculture and Horticulture, Briarcliff 

 Manor, N. Y. 



