178 ANNUAL DINNER OF THE VETERINARY STUDENTS. 
not having had a sick beast during the thirty years which he has 
followed this practice. We have seen that Sir John Sinclair in¬ 
sists on the good quality of the fodder salted at the time of its 
being stacked: M. Kausler, who was quoted first, is of opinion 
that hay, thus prepared, is more nourishing and wholesome. 
None of these writers on agriculture seem to fear the irritating 
effects of salt given in such small quantities, and it is probable 
that the greater part of our readers partake of their opinion ; and 
that from these reflections which have been submitted to them, or 
from others which they may have seen elsewhere, they may be 
induced to draw the following conclusions:—That salt, as far as 
the price would permit, ought to be mixed with the ordinary 
food of cattle; that it renders more profitable and more easy 
of digestion those aliments which, from some cause, have not ac¬ 
quired much nutritive property, or which have lost some part of it. 
If it cannot be regarded as capable of rendering dusty and mouldy 
hay salubrious, at least it is desirable to try it in these circum¬ 
stances. 
It is preferable, when we fear that the hay may ferment or be¬ 
come mouldy, to mix salt with it at the time that it is stacked, 
and to augment the quantity in proportion to the excess of injury 
which may be suspected to exist. And it is also useful to mix 
straw with the hay. 
Recueil de Med. Vet ., Dec. 1831. 
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE VETERINARY STUDENTS. 
Messrs. Editors, 
In the absence of all other communications on the subject, 
lest it should pass unnoticed, you will oblige by giving insertion 
to the following few and brief observations.—I was one present. 
On Saturday the 4th inst., the Veterinary Students' Anniver¬ 
sary Dinner, in honour of their Preceptors, took place at the 
Freemasons' Tavern. About eighty persons sat down to tables 
plentifully supplied with viands, nor was there wanting of f< liquor 
good store." 
Sir Astley P. Cooper, Bart., again occupied the chair, and by 
the urbanity of his manners, conjoined with his affability, and 
the high interest he expressed for the continued improvement of 
veterinary science, he enchained in bonds of cordiality all those 
around him, adding much to the agreeableness of the meeting. 
He was supported on his right by Professor Coleman and As¬ 
sistant Professor Sewell; on his left by Sir C. Bell and Dr. 
Babington; whilst on either hand sat several teachers of emi- 
