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Mr. Hill. When a herd is not doing well, would it not be the herder's first 

 thing to see if his cattle had fever and send for a professional man? 



Dr. Elliott. If disease breaks out, and we could not account for it, it would be 

 important to call in a professional man to make an examination without delay. 

 Every stockman should know where the pulse is located. We can find the pulse 

 under the angle of the jaw on the t^ubmanillary artery. You can also find the 

 artery under the forearm. The normal pulse in cows is 38 to 44, in horses 41 

 to 45. In animals affected by the diseases named the pulse often indicated 80 and 

 100, even higher. 



Mr. Goodwin. Should not every stockman have a clinical thermometer, and 

 know how to use it? 



Dr. Elliott. Yes, they should know the temperature of the mouth. When the 

 temperature gets beyond 100 you should call in a professional man. 



Mr. Mitchell. I have a bill, presented from Mr. Frazee, asking that we take 

 some steps toward getting a State Veterinarian appointed. W^e should ask every 

 member of the Legislature to use their influence toward providing a chair of veter- 

 inary science at Purdue University, so that those young men can be skilled in 

 animal diseases. The farmers ought to be demanding that this chair of veterinary 

 science be filled. We have had some experience already in this so-called pleuro- 

 pneumonia, and we want to be informed what the disease is. One of the most im- 

 portant things this meeting can do is to get up a resolution indorsing the statement 

 of Governor Gray in his inaugural address regarding this disease. 



Mr. Thos. Nelson. I had something to do with the examination of the bill you 

 had with you, that was endorsed by the State Board of Agriculture, contt^mplat- 

 ing the appoiniment of a Veterinary Surgeon connected with the University and 

 to be appointed by the Governor. I like the plan of the appointing power and 

 think good results will come from it. I would have this chair located at Purdue 

 University. The State Agricultural Board recommends persons for trustees of 

 Purdue, but the Governor appoints, and they select instructors for chairs they see 

 wise to form. 



Judge Martindalc. 1 warmly advocate the suggestion of the chair— that a 

 skilled verterinarian be appointed by the faculty, like the other professors, at Pur- 

 due. Our stock-owners should certainly know enough to feel an animal's pulse 

 or to use the clinical thermometer, and 1 believe the agricultural students at Pur- 

 due should certainly be taught at least the elementary principles of veterinary 

 medicine. On the other hand, I do not believe in a State veterinarian. 



Mr. Quick. I concur fully in Judge Martindale's remarks. Having myself 

 been a student at Purdue for two years, I can speak feelingly on the necessity for 

 such a chair. In that respect our college compares very unfavorably with those 

 in our neighboring States, Ohio and Illinois, or even with Colorado. 



Mr. Ooodwin. In the first place, gentlemen, you want a Professor of Veterinary 

 Science at Purdue, who will devote his whole time to it. L have raised some cattle 

 in Kansas, and while engaged in this business something broke out among our 

 Angus cattle; they all began coughing, and in two days all the herd were affected 

 by it. I telegrapbed to Dr. Holcomb, and in twenty-four hours the doctor arrived. 

 He made a thorough examination and gave it as his opinion that the cattle were 



