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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
read before the New York State Veterinary Medical Society by 
Dr. Claude D. Morris, of Pawling, will be published in the 
January Review. 
Judiciary Committee. —Why should non-registered men 
fill the positions of meat inspectors in New York City? Is not 
this against the law for non-registered men to practice any 
branch of veterinary medicine ? 
The Louisiana State Experiment Station has just 
issued “ Bulletin No. 43,” which consists of a report by Veteri¬ 
narians W. H. Dalrymple and S. B. Staples upon “ Bovine 
Tuberculosis in North Louisiana.” 
“ Infectious Ophthaemia of Cattue ” is the title of a 
paper read by W. F. Weese, V. S., of Ottawa, before the 
late meeting of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion, which will be published in the January Review. 
The next quarterly meeting of the Missouri Valley Veteri¬ 
nary Association will be held in Kansas City, Mo., December 9, 
1896. Several interesting topics will be discussed by essayists, 
one of which is the “ Control of the Spread of Contagious Dis¬ 
eases through Public Stock Yards.” 
Dr. Geo. H. Baiuey, State Veterinarian of Maine, said in a 
recent interview that he believed his State was freer of tubercu¬ 
losis than any other New England State ; that the percentage of 
diseased cows would not reach 2, and that Dr. Choate’s estimate 
of 15 per cent, was four or five times too high. 
Newton Bryant, of Kansas City, Mo., was arrested at the 
Madison Square Horse Show on the evening of the nth of No¬ 
vember, at the instigation of the New York County Veterinary 
Medical Association, charged with practicing veterinary medi¬ 
cine without having registered or possessing proper certificates. 
Hasn’t Learned of Higher Education. —The following 
letter has been submitted to us by a New York gentleman, re¬ 
ceived from a Massachusetts correspondent: “ Dear sir: I am 
Sorry to disturbe once more. I wish to take a Short Coarse 
in a Veterinary School do you know of one in new York, that 
gives Short Coares.” 
Horseshoers’ Examining Board. —The following gentle¬ 
men, have been appointed by the Governor of New York to ex¬ 
amine applicants for .the license of horseshoer in this city : 
Veterinary member, Thomas M. Quinn ; representing the master 
horseshoers, Thomas Carroll, of New York, and Robert Keenan, 
