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EDITORIAL. 
small districts in New York and New Jersey, where diseased 
animals are occasionally found, it is in nearly every instance a 
sporadic and isolated case; there is no danger of any extensive 
outbreaks. Our colleagues of the force are on the watch, and 
every new case is rapidly disposed of. The result of this 
vigilance and energy means a complete extirpation of the 
malady at a very early date, if, indeed, the work has not been 
already finished. 
The Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, issued Oc¬ 
tober 27, 1891, contains some interesting statements. They 
read as follows: 
ERADICATION OF PI.EURO-PNEUMONIA. 
At the time of my last report contagious pleuro-pneumonia existed in two 
districts in the United States, viz.: on Long Island, State of New York, and in 
the county of Hudson, State of New Jersey. During the present calendar year 
but four herds have been found infected with this disease on Long Island, the 
last herd having been discovered and slaughtered on April 30, 1891. Six months 
have therefore elapsed since the finding of any cases of the disease in this dis¬ 
trict, and I am satisfied that our efforts there in extirpating contagious pleuro¬ 
pneumonia have proved successful. 
There still remains a small district in the State of New Jersey from which 
the infection has not been completely eradicated. The work there, however, is 
being pressed forward with the greatest possible energy, and I confident^ ex¬ 
pect that before the end of the present fiscal year I shall be able to announce the 
complete eradication of this virulent and destructive disease from the United 
States. 
With only one small district infected, with this territory in strict quarantine, 
and with all herds promptly slaughtered when disease is discovered, there is no 
longer justification for any restriction whatever by the government of any 
country against the importation of cattle from this country. 
Still Another Veterinary College.— The announce¬ 
ment is just out of the opening of another new veterinary 
college, this time at Des Moines, Iowa. The trustees are 
O. H. Shoemaker, President; F. W. Loomis, M.D., Secretary, 
and S. A. Campbell, D.Y.S., Treasurer and Registrar. 
There are some new features in the faculty, W. C. Conellv, 
LL.B. being Professor of Veterinary Jurisprudence, and F. 
W. Loomis, M.D., Professor of Hygiene, Breeding and Gen¬ 
eral Management of Domestic Animals. The application for 
matriculation is also new, being as follows: Any intending 
student, desirous to enter the October session, must send his 
