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compared with the recorded evidence upon the 

 subject of glanders; time and space, however, 

 will not permit a further extension of this subject. 

 Our present experience in the United States oi 

 America should bring us to the level of Europe 

 in passing laws, ordinances, on the subject t)f 

 glanders. The losses already sustained by our 

 farmers and horsemen, by the purchase of con- 

 demned and diseased government horses, amount 

 to more than the sum realized by the govern- 

 ment, and will go on increasing at a fearful rate. 

 We are told "that the glandered horses of the 

 army have been shot or destroyed, and that none 

 are offered which are known as diseased. Half 

 an hour in the sales-yards is more than sufficient 

 to convince a competent judge to the contrary. 

 It is evident to the observer that the malady 

 exists to a great extent. Where is the fault ? Is 

 it not obvious that the ofl&cers having charge of 

 the animals offered for sale are not competent, 

 and do not understand the disease ? Hovv many 

 recognised veterinary surgeons are there in the 

 employ of the United States Government? None 

 to speak of. Before sending a lot of horses to 

 any place for public sale, every animal should be 

 thoroughly inspected by the most competent sur- 

 geon, qualified as such, a graduate, a man of long 

 experience and a practitioner, and every animal, 

 even suspected, should be at once destroyed, 



