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Calling unexpectedly upon our Philadelphia guest Dr. Jno. 
VV. Gadsden, to respond to the toast of “Our President,” with 
that chivalrous spirit and loyal manner so characteristic of his 
many years in the profession, he found a very willing heart 
and mind to honor the name of our countrv’s ruler and to 
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mete him the praise well due him, for so wise a choice in his 
Secretary of Agriculture, who so well and completely recog¬ 
nized the value of the veterinary profession, and whose work 
so far had so conclusivelv shown to the world the wisdom of 
his keen perception. 
From the lips of Congressman Warner dropped sincere 
words for the veterinarian in his important relation to agricul¬ 
ture, and he joined in the high encomium of Secretary Rusk, 
and applauded the fact that through him and his Bureau of 
Animal Industry we would, in the next twelve months, ride 
into European ports on the back of fifty millions of dollars 
worth of pork. 
The relation of the press and veterinarian were humorously 
characterized by Mr. Hill as he referred to the fact that he 
was a member of the body which furnished the wind or gas 
by which our work and achievements struck a sympathizing 
and appreciative chord along the line of human impulses, and 
it would be no little pleasure in the future to the daily press 
to continue to chronicle the advances made in veterinary 
science. 
The profession and its rapid and strong work was warmly 
commended by Prof. Jas. L. Robertson, and his suggestive 
remarks that a Yankee did not have to attend college half as 
long as a German or Frenchman, to learn how to pick up a 
horse’s foot or become a complete veterinarian, brought down 
the house in shouts of laughter and praise. 
The colleges and their rapid increase in number and 
the need of a broader and higher curriculum was well 
considered by Dr. C. C. Lyford, and he highly encouraged 
and commended the step of this Association to-day, that prom¬ 
ised to mark it a leader in veterinary science, and to thus 
stimulate and encourage the schools of veterinary learning to 
better and broader work. 
