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animal diseases, and in all matters pertaining to 

 sanitary science as applied to live-stock and correla- 

 tive to the human family." 



Veterinary medicine bears? the same relation to 

 animal husl)andry as do plant patholo<ry and economic 

 entomology to crop pi-odiiction, the latter being a part 

 of the College of Agriculture. By the terms of the 

 laws under which these several Colleges of Agricul- 

 ture and Veterinary Medicine are created, there may 

 be some over-lapping in the functions they are au- 

 thorized to perform. In their practical operations, 

 they are supplementary institutions. 



In 1013, the State adopted tlie School of Veterinary 

 Mediciiu^ of the City of New York as the State Vet- 

 erinary College for thfe eastern part of the State un- 

 der the name of tlie Xevv York-American Veterinary 

 College, and its objects are stated to be substantially 

 the same as those of the Veterinary College at Cor- 

 nell University. Thus far, it has received very little 

 financial aid from the State. 



The course at Cornell is four years in length and 

 leads to a degree and admits such graduates to the 

 practice of veterinary medicine in the State. At the 

 latter institution the course ii thre;^ years. In ad- 

 dition to the lalioratories, clinic and instructional 

 facilities possessed by both institutions, the College 

 at Cornell has a farm of one himdred and forty acres 

 for the isolation and study of contagious diseases. 

 The latter College also prepares and furnishes at cost 

 all the serums and antitoxins used in the treatment of 

 animal diseases. A feature of the work of the insti- 



