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proprietor of cattle and sheep. Indeed, the great bulk of our 
members being located in country towns, draw both their 
patronage and support from the farming community ; and it 
is here too that veterinary science steps from the narrow 
bounds of “ horse pathology,” where many are still desirous 
of keeping her, and ministers to the sufferings and wants of 
every animal which man has subjected to his requirements. 
Nor is this without a corresponding benefit to herself, for as 
with an edifice so with science, the broader the basis on which 
it is reared the greater will be its value, durability, and 
strength. From general principles such as these, we can 
descend to particulars and still find ourselves on vantage 
ground. Scarcely an agricultural society of any magnitude 
now exists but it has its veterinary referee or inspector; and 
the time is not far distant when all will have to make 
similar appointments. What has brought about this improved 
state of things, if it be not the means which of late years 
have been employed to improve our knowledge of cattle 
pathology ? And to whom is the chief merit due of accom- 
plishing this, if not to the Royal Agricultural Society in its 
connexion with our Alma Mater ? For these and similar reasons 
which, did time and space permit, we could advance, we are 
desirous of placing before our readers a few T comments on the 
late meeting at Chelmsford, being assured that we do good 
service to our profession by drawing its attention to the best and 
most valuable animals which the country possesses. There 
is one novel feature in the meeting to wdiich we must first 
allude, and that for the purpose of expressing our desire that 
what has been begun so well and with so much esprit de corps will 
be continued in after years, viz., the giving of prizes to foreign 
breeds of cattle and sheep. If there is one section of the 
arts and sciences which will tend more than any other to keep 
us united in the “ bond of brotherhood” with our neighbours 
and allies on the other side of the channel it is agriculture. 
In this there is matter enough both for discussion and the 
expression of differences of opinion without a risk being run 
of slackening the cords of friendship which bind us together. 
Nay, these very differences and interchanges of opinion will 
