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transportation of swine throughout the State ; and then see that 
the law is enforced. The public’s interests demands this, gen¬ 
tlemen, and we must be the agitators. 
There is one other contagious disease that is a great menace 
to the live stock interests of the State, that the people are very 
indifferent about, namely, bovine tuberculosis ; but, as our co¬ 
laborer, Dr. McCurdy, has a paper upon that subject, it is need¬ 
less for me to say anything with reference to that disease. The 
other contagious and infectious diseases mentioned in the be¬ 
ginning of my paper, of course should receive a good deal of at¬ 
tention at the hands of the sanitary officers ; but their impor¬ 
tance is so insignificant, when compared with the two mentioned, 
namely, hog cholera and bovine tuberculosis, that I hardly think 
it worth while to give them any extended notice in this already 
long paper. 
Thanking you all for your kind attention, and with a wish 
that we may all live to see the day that the contagious diseases 
of domesticated animals will be under the complete control of 
our sanitary officers, I will close. 
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The following-named Western members will have papers for 
the coming meeting at Buffalo, and several others have said yes 
with a proviso : S. B. Nelson, Washington, u Nail Wounds of 
the Foot ” ; T. A. Peters, Nebraska, u Serum-therapy in Hog 
Cholera ” ; N. S. Mayo, Kansas, “ Some Poisonous Stock 
Foods ” ; A. E. E. Grange, Michigan ; M. H. Reynolds, Min¬ 
nesota, “ Cathartics ” ; E. A. Merillat, Illinois, “ Veterinary 
Dental Surgery ” ; F. Braginton, Indiana, “ Dairylnspection ” ; 
D. S. White, Ohio. 
The U. S. V. M. A. at the Des Moines meeting passed a 
resolution by an unanimous and hearty vote to the effect that 
reports and papers read at future meetings should not exceed 
30 minutes, unless special consent be given by the members 
present. There seemed to be a general feeling in favor of short, 
concise, and practical papers rather than exhaustive historical 
dissertations. 
