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in other stations, where one man is expected to act both as 
professor of veterinary science and veterinarian to the experi 
ment station, is, in some cases, not a little better than whai 
we have related, though certainly wholly inadequate, with but 
two or three exceptions, to warrant the expectation of credi 
table results. 
Another formidable obstacle to successful experimenta 
tion is the heavy demands of class work upon the time anc 
thought of the veterinarian. Five hundred hours annually 
or an average of three hours per day during the year, devot 
ed to class work, with the necessary time for due preparation 
for class duties is in itself sufficient work for the average 
man. To this must be added time for private practice, whicl 
is essential to the capable teacher, in order that he may teacl 
from the practical standpoint of experience. Surely, little 
should be expected of him in addition. 
In general, also, experiment stations are under the direct 
management of the station director and college president 
who only in a moderate number of cases have any practica 
knowledge of live-stock, and very rarely anything approach 
ing a just conception of veterinary science, but generally 
have educations leading to such degrees as M.A., LL.D. 
D.D., Ag. Ch., B.S, etc., rendering successful work unde 
them impossible, except the veterinarian enjoy their confi 
dence to such a degree (which is rarely the case) as to receiv< 
their sanction to do his work in his own way. 
Yet another serious obstacle confronts the labor of thi 
double-headed scientist. The ideal professor of veterinary 
science in an agricultural college must be a veterinarian 
who, along with a suitable, general and special education, ha 
had a long and extensive experience in a rural practice, an( 
has acquired an experimental knowledge of the diseases an( 
their causes, of farm animals, especially of young and breeding 
stock. 
On the other hand, the veterinarian to the experimen 
station is expected to possess, and as a rule should have, ; 
thorough practical knowledge of bacteriology and bacterio 
ogical methods, which requires a long and close applicatioi 
to laboratory study. 
