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The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and on mo¬ 
tion, duly seconded, were approved. 
President Stewart delivered his opening address, which was 
full of most excellent points. 
The secretary’s report was read and approved. 
Owing to the fact that Dr. Harrison was obliged to leave on 
an evening train, regular business was suspended to hear Dr. 
Harrisons paper, “Parturient Apoplexy in the Cow.” 
The discussion following Dr. Harrison’s paper was excellent, 
and many valuable points brought out. 
The Board of Censors'reporting favorable on the following 
applications, they were duly elected to membership : Drs. John 
Bell, Wm. M. Bell, N. S. Mayo, A. C. Euart, F. W. Cook, John 
Forbes, G. T. Netherton, Dillard Ricketts, F. L. DeWolf, I. K. 
Atherton, L. M. Kluttz, and F. M. Linscott. 
The Constitution and By-Laws were read by chairman, and 
after discussing the same were adopted without change. 
Dr- Moore’s paper on “ A Practical Use of Guttapercha in 
Veterinary Dental Surgery,” was then open for discussion. 
Dr. Biay being obliged to be absent, his paper was read by 
the secretary. Also Dr. Bray exhibited a sample of the ticks 
obtained from southern cattle. 
Our next meeting will be held in Atchison, Kan., when our 
numbers, no doubt, will be again augmented. We now have a 
membership of twenty-six, and as all manifest a great interest, 
you may expect to hear favorable reports from the Missour 
Valley Veterinary Association in the future. 
S. L. Hunster, V.S., Sec. 
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STATE CATTLE KILLING. 
Of the 20,500 cattle examined, the officers of the State 
Board of Health from January, 1893, to March, 1894, 959 had 
tuberculosis and were killed. Of these Orange County had 154, 
Dutches, 145, Delaware, 87, and Sullivan none. This is a 
