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ber has occasion to employ one of them he applies to the secre¬ 
tary, who is the custodian of them, and he makes the loan, for 
a stipulated time, when the instrument must be returned in 4>od 
shape, the member being responsible for any damage done, 
r is would not be a bad plan for many of our American asso¬ 
ciations, especially in rural districts, where it requires a lono- 
time to obtain them from the maker. 
Successful Horse Shows. —There have been more horse 
shows this season than ever before, and, without exception they 
were entirely successful, many of them, like that at Tong 
Branch, surpassing in attendance and character of exhibits all 
predecessors. These events help to popularize the pleasure 
horse and to help the veterinarian practically. They are en¬ 
couraging signs of the times, and especially grateful in silencino- 
those fanatical nondescripts who are predicting the extinction of 
man s faithful servant, and joy, in favor of the machine with the 
tuberculous diathesis. 
State Veterinarian in Charge of Hogs at Iowa 
Fairs. The Iowa State Board of Health has made the follow¬ 
ing ruling : All hogs presented for exhibition at the Iowa State 
Fair and the Sioux City Inter-State Fair shall be subject to in¬ 
spection by the State Veterinary Surgeon before enterino- the 
fair grounds, and to daily inspection during the exhibition. 
Should any animals be found diseased with hog cholera or swine 
plague they must be immediately removed to a place of quaran¬ 
tine. The show pens must be cleansed and disinfected under 
the supervision of the State Veterinary Surgeon before and dur¬ 
ing the fair. 
“ S anitas ” Preparations.— The American and Conti¬ 
nental Sanitas ” Company, Uiinited, 636 West 55th Street 
New York City, whose preparations are now so well and favor¬ 
ably known, practically cover the whole field of the important 
subject of disinfection. Their preparations are put up in a great 
variety of forms, both liquid and solid, to suit all requirements * 
from the rough disinfection of the drain and stable to the finest 
disinfection and antiseptic treatment of the wound. Further- 
inore, u Sanitas ” is lion-poisonous. The company have recently 
1 » . ^ ^ ch treats this difficult 
subject 111 an excellent and thoroughly practical manner. We 
would suggest to our readers to write to the company for a copy 
of the book, which will be sent free 011 mentioning this journal. 
More Unprofessional Advertising. —The Veterinary 
