EDITORIAL. 
I 14 
These meetings, as they have taken place every few years 
have always proved a success and besides the good that they 
have done in a scientific point of view have had for results to 
bring in closer connection many of the members of the veterin¬ 
ary confraternity. It is evident that the Congress of Berne will 
not be behind its predecessors. The efforts made by the com¬ 
mittee, the hearty support that it has received from the Federal 
Government, all point out to the fact that a trip to beautiful 
Switzerland from the 16th to the 21st of September will be one 
of unusual pleasure and of scientific benefit. 
Cotentine Cows.—We may be accused of repeating our¬ 
selves and some of our readers may object to our returning to 
this subject, yet we feel that on this occasion one word more has 
to be said by us. 
Not by us, truly speaking, but by one who is known to many 
of us—Dr. Heath, V.S. has been a careful student of Zootechny, 
he has made himself familiar with breeds of cattle, he has for 
several years delivered lectures on the subject of hygiene, breed¬ 
ing and care of cattle—and as such his statements must be con¬ 
sidered as authoritative. 
Let us then allow him to express his opinion on the coten¬ 
tine cows of which we have spoken so much, but which he knows, 
which he has seen and studied in their home la Basse-Norman- 
die and upon which he addresses the Breeders and Owners of 
Jersey Cattle. The following he has sent us and we are pleased 
to make his statements familiar to our readers, veterinarians and 
others who must be interested in that branch of our science. 
To Breeders and Owners of Jersey Cattle. —For more than thirty years 
I have been an admirer of the Jersey Cattle. I believe I was the first to commend the 
Jersey for the cheese dairy ; I glory in the results of the thousand grand tests for milk, 
butter and cheese ; and I have written against the evils of in and in breeding, injur¬ 
ious pompering, too severe confinement, and overtaxing in forced testing of long 
periods. In all of these I have warned against the degeneracy of the race. For years 
I have written and warned against these debilitating and degenerating influences, 
but the overwhelming booms of the Jersey like the resistless torrents of overflowing 
mountain streams have swept every thing before them ; and alas ! too sadly, these 
booms have overwhelmed the Jersey breed of cattle and swept them into the maelstrom 
