VETERINARY SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES. 
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nd here, in our National Association, we find these men 
rominent in your councils and discussions. Certainly these 
ten must wield a far-reaching and salutary influence, not 
ione as moulders of public opinion, but to them certainly is 
ue the decision of many young men of education and char¬ 
ter to take up as a life-work the study of veterinary science. 
So far we have dealt with the work and influence of these 
alleges in the past, when the veterinarians occupied the 
ngle position of lecturer or professor of veterinary science. 
4 present the number of veterinarians has increased very 
msiderably, and a new element has appeared which is closely 
Dund up with the work heretofore done; the agricultural 
cperiment station has been added, and the professor of vet- 
inary science has in nearly every case been asked to accept, 
addition to his former work, the post of veterinarian to the 
cperiment station, and his salary has been apportioned be- 
yeen the two. A few of them maintain the professorship 
one, while in other cases there is no connection with the 
aching department, but only with the station. 
The scope of study has not materially changed in recent 
sars, and still embraces, as a rule, a consideration of all the 
ajor subject." of veterinary science, varying greatly in dif- 
rent colleges in thoroughness and amount of time devoted 
• it. 
In some, veterinary science is taught in but one year of 
e course, or even less, occupying five hours’ class-room 
ork per week, while in other schools each class in the four 
ear’s course comes in contact each year with the instructor in 
eterinary science, so that during their course they devote 
>out 500 hours of class-room and laboratory work to distinct 
iterinary topics—an amount equivalent to that required in 
lr shorter course veterinary colleges. Such is the time 
quired by some colleges, such as Purdue University, 
ith iron-clad course of study, and all students taking the 
yricultural course must take so much veterinary science and 
) more. In other institutions, like Cornell University and 
e University of Illinois, which are largely elective, the 
udent may take a much shorter course in veterinary science, 
