NOTES OF THE BUFFALO MEETINGS. 
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Nashville, Tennessee, will make a bold bid for the meet¬ 
ing of ’97. It is thought that the august presence of the 
National Association will greatly assist the profession in that 
state. 
Dr. Wm. Dougherty, of Baltimore, seldom fails to be pres- 
ent at the meeting- of the U. S. V. M. A. and the commence¬ 
ment exercises of his alma mater, the American Veterinary 
College. y 
The number of good speakers was generally remarked, 
among them may be mentioned Stalker, Pearson, Osgood, Sal¬ 
mon, Lyman, Williams, Grange, Robinson, Hoskins, Hinmam, 
and others. 
The attendance upon the National Association was more 
than, national in reality—from Nova Scotia to Louisiana, from 
Manitoba to Alabama, from Montana to Tennessee, from Ne¬ 
braska to Maryland. 
The banquet at the Genesee House on the evening of the 
last day of the National Association meeting was a brilliant 
success, the repast exquisite, the speaking of a high order, and 
the good fellowship overflowing. 
Dr. W. J. Hinman, of Manitoba, says his province has the 
best veterinary laws in existence. This comes from having 
veterinarians in the legislature. We might do well to emulate 
her example by encouraging veterinarians with political pro¬ 
clivities. 
We heard some comment to the effect that practical subjects 
were being crowded out of the deliberations too much, that 
while the great and all-absorbing topics of state medicine were 
of paramount importance to all others, that they were not so 
with all members. 
In the Faculties meeting the foundation was laid for a union 
of work and recognition between the various state boards of 
veterinary examiners. The chief obstacle seemed to be that 
New York was compelled by law to hold to a too high standard 
of matriculant examination. 
Dr. George H. Berns, as county secretary of the New 
York State Society for Kings County, presented one of the 
fullest and most interesting and comprehensive reports that has 
ever been received in that society i If the various secretaries 
were to follow his example that part of the programme would 
be the most entertaining of the meeting. 
