THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 95 



ADDRESS. 



By 

 Dr. James E. Wright, State Veterinarian. 



By the President : — We have to change our program a little, 

 and instead of having with us Dean Davenport of the university, 

 we will listen to Mr. Wrigjit, State Veterinarian. It is up to 

 the farmers of this state, the farmers who produce the milk and 

 feed the cattle, to get hold of the question of bovine tuberculosis. 

 I know of no man better qualified to undertake the careful, pains- 

 taking, scientific and practical study of the subject than Dr. 

 Wright. He has had all the farm experience and the scientific 

 training necessary, and years of experience in the locality that 

 brought him into direct touch with all the conditions of this 

 disease. I take pleasure in introducing Dr. Wright. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



I feel honored in being selected to fill the place of such a 

 prominent educator as Dean Davenport. I regard him as one 

 of the greatest educators of the age. At first, when I received 

 the invitation, I hesitated and for a time felt as if I would have 

 to decline to accept it, but finally I came to the conclusion that it 

 afforded me an opportunity to bring some of the facts, concern- 

 ing this very important subject before the people who are direct- 

 ly-interested. Perhaps I take a little different view of the sub- 

 ject than we usually hear in public meetings. 



Every form of life must obey certain fundamental laws in 

 order to complete its life history. If those laws are strictly 

 obeyed, let it be in man or the lower animal, life will conclude 

 its allotted span, arrive at its physiological limit and cease to 



