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the journal with which he was then connected. That led me to 
believe that he considered the article of some value, or he would 
not have requested the privilege of publication. 
That has been my experience with the prize committee, and 
had I been successful in having my article printed at that time, 
I should have had other articles ready. 
I do not believe that any article ought to be printed in com¬ 
petition for the prize which does not represent an original line 
of investigation, but it is rather discouraging when one has 
taken considerable pains and time and spent considerable money 
in conducting such investigation, to write a paper and then have 
it mislaid. 
It seems to me that the prize should be continued. 
Yours truly, 
T. D. Hinebauch. 
THE OHIO VETERINARIANS TO MEET IN BUFFALO. 
Washington C. H., Ohio, April io, 1896. 
To the Members of the Ohio State Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion : 
I11 The American Veterinary Review, March number, 
page 809, is a letter from us to you in reference to changing 
semi-annual meeting place from Columbus, Ohio, to Buffalo, 
New York. Your officers did not consider that they of them¬ 
selves possessed the authority to make the change, believing 
that the members only who had named Columbus could revoke 
their action, so in accordance with this view your secretary 
was instructed to write every member that was present at our 
last meeting (19), and has received sixteen answers, fifteen of 
which say “ meet in Buffalo.” 
The Ohio State Veterinary Medical Association will there¬ 
fore convene in Buffalo, New York, in semi-annual session on 
Sept. 1st, 2d, 3d, 1896. W. H. GribblE, Secretary. 
POISONING BY ERGOTIZED OATS. 
Salem, Oregon, March 17, 1896. 
Editor American Veterinary Review : 
We have in this country a good many cases of poisoning by 
ergot and darnel grass. The ergot is found in oat hay and oat 
straw, and horses fed on either suffer from the ergot. The 
signs of poisoning are palpitation of the heart, tucked-up ap¬ 
pearance at the flank, irregular respiration, slow, soft pulse, ver- 
