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and luillv iiisj)C(ti()ii. ^Montana was the lirst State to j)as.s a law rof^u- 

 latiii*;' all the details of this inspection. A bill was introduced into the 

 State leyislatui'e in l.S!>7 and another somewhat ditterent 1)111 in llMJl. 

 Both of these failed. In 11>()3, howevei', a bill was enacted containing 

 wise and stringent measures concerning this matter. At present there 

 are 8 inspectors in service in the State. Dairymen began to tight the 

 measure from the tirst for the purpose of testing its constitutionality. 

 Some litigation of this sort is still pending, ]>ut decisions thus far 

 obtained are faA ora1)le to the constitutionality of the law. The sani- 

 tary condition of the milk and meat supply has been much improved 

 by the action of this law. The percentage of tuberculosis in the dairy 

 herds thus far examined has \aried from 18 to 30 per cent. D. E. 

 Salmon, in discussing this paper, called attention to the present demand 

 for milk and meat inspectors, the special reipiirements in regard to the 

 (jualitications of such experts, and the ditiiculties of obtaining enough 

 (jualitied men. He argued that veterinary courses are defecti\'e in 

 respect to instruction on the subject of meat inspection, and that in his 

 opinion all inspectors should be veterinarians. J. Law agreed that 

 veterinary instruction in most colleges is still defective with regard to 

 the subject of meat inspection, and suggested that more attention might 

 be paid to this subject if the salaries of meat inspectors were higher. 



Hon. Sidney Fisher, Minister of Agriculture, addressed the associa- 

 tion on the subject of the importance of veterinary science to agricul- 

 ture. Attention was called to the cosmopolitan nature of veterinary 

 science, due to the general spread of infectious diseases and the simi- 

 larity of conditions throughout the civilized world. The veterinary 

 conditions of the United States and Canada were considered as being 

 practically the same, and the results obtained in either country were 

 mutually useful. The prominence of the live-stock industry in ])oth 

 counti'ies indicates the importance of veterinar}' science to their agri- 

 culture. An account was given of the veterinary service of Canada 

 and the close association between ^'eterinarv work and agricultural 

 science in that countrv. A very optimistic opinion was expressed 

 concerning the value of this international meeting and the prestige 

 which would result to the association from it. 



On the second day of the meeting the association was entertained at 

 the Pine Grove Stock Farm of Hon. AV. C. Edwards, Rockland, 

 Ontario. The sessions of this day were devoted entirely to a dis- 

 cussion of the sul)ject of tuberculosis. The lirst paper was })y Hon. 

 VV. C. Edwards, and related to the results of his experiments with the 

 Bang sj^stem among his own herds, the reacting and nonreacting herds 

 being presented for the inspection of the members. This system of 

 eradicating tuberculosis was introduced by Senator Edwards on his 

 farm in 18DS. A certain percentage of the herd was found to be 



