TESTIMONIAL TO PROFESSOR MORTON. 
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accorded. I believe it has sometimes been said that, like the Siamese 
twins, we were inseparable, and that where the one was to be seen the 
other was sure to be close at hand. The unity of sentiment which has 
so long existed between us will, I am sure, be continued, for we are bound 
together by ties that cannot be severed. It has been said that he has 
now separated himself from you professionally, and to a very great extent 
this is the case ; but I hope I may say that he has nearly half promised 
not to separate himself from me as joint editor of The Veterinarian. (Hear, 
hear.) I say nothing as to the manner in which that, journal is conducted ; 
but I will say that if Mr. Morton were to leave it, it would sutler 
very considerably. Nothing, I am assured, will give you greater satisfac¬ 
tion than to know, as I trust it will in due time be announced, that Mr. 
Morton has fully determined to continue his labours in connection with 
that periodical. (Hear, hear.) 
I will not detain you any longer, except to say that I have purposely 
avoided making any allusion to the Cirencester Agricultural College, be¬ 
cause I see on my left my friend Mr. Brown, the veterinary professor of 
that institution, who will be better able than I am to point out to you 
the advantages the College possesses, and the good it does in the advance¬ 
ment of veterinary science. He will tell you, among other things, I doubt 
not, that the example which was set by the lioyal Agricultural Society 
in appointing veterinary inspectors, has been adopted by the Bath and 
West of England Society, of which he himself is the veterinary inspector; 
and that those who are educated at the college are not found to be among 
the agriculturists who consult the charlatan and uneducated practitioner 
when disease appears among their flocks and herds. He will also tell yeu 
that we shall not cease our labours until we see veterinary surgeons 
holding official appointments with every agricultural society of influence 
in the country. (Cheers.) 
Profkssor Brown— Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, on entering this 
room, with the sole intention of paying a tribute of respect to my friend 
Professor Morton, I hardly expected that the subject of agriculture 
would be brought before you. Permit me to express to you my satisfac¬ 
tion that it has been, because for the last ten years i have longed for an 
opportunity of meeting my professional brethren, in order that 1 might 
in some shape indicate to them the policy of the Agricultural College, 
which I know has been utterly mistaken by nearly the whole of the vete¬ 
rinary profession. When I accepted my appointment, I am aware it was 
said, “ You are going to teach all these young men to be veterinary 
surgeons, and that is taking the bread out of our mouths.” But, gentle¬ 
men, I have the honour of remembering that 1 accepted that appoint¬ 
ment with the concurrence, nay, at the instigation, of the professors of 
the Veterinary College ; and if they had opposed their influence to the 
step, I should not have dreamt of taking it. 1 say that distinctly. As to 
the charge of teaching farmers to be veterinary surgeons, I return you 
one distinct answer—it is altogether unfounded and fallacious. T he real 
difficulty which you have to contend with amongst agriculturists is the 
employment of the cow-doctor and farrier. It has been remarked by 
Mr. Burley, who has had very much more practical experience in the 
matter than I have, that these men are constantly about. I give you my 
expei ience of the last ten or twelve years in the country to add to the 
weight of the information he has afforded you. I am called upon to visit 
stock in different parts of the country, and I see these men about. I say 
nothing against them individually. They are very quiet, inoffensive, 
harmless, ignorant individuals. 1 can hardly find it in my heart to say 
anything harsh about them, or to request that they may not be allowed 
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