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Necks of this nature are usually accompanied with a consti¬ 
tution that can stand a good hard day’s work either upon the 
road or at the plow. 
The body is the next division of the horse to be considered, 
and in order that it may be discussed somewhat in detail it is 
conveniently divided into the withers,the back, the loins, the croup, 
tne chest and breast, the abdomen; other parts which maybe looked 
upon as parts of the body are left to be considered with the limbs. 
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(To be Continued.) 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
A DISCUSSION OF THE REPORT ON VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
By Prof. Olof Schwarzkopf, V.M.D., Chicago, Ill. 
(Continued from page 2S0 and Cone hided.) 
Much may be said in regard to an advancement of our pro¬ 
fessional education, but in order to do real good we had better 
confine ourselves to a few principal points and leave side issues 
for the future. Inasmuch as the education of professions is not 
dependent in this country from fixed rules and regulations of the 
national government, we will have to battle with as many differ¬ 
ent opinions as there are colleges. At present each college, or 
at least its graduates, firmly believe that theirs is the only one 
and the best in the world. I have heard such utterances so 
often and always spoken with such conviction that I am sure it 
will take a long time before this absurd prejudice will have been 
overcome and before we can establish a feeling of mutual respect 
and friendship from which alone we can form'a united profession. 
The few points we will have to agree upon are a higher 
standard of preliminary education of students, a higher qualifica¬ 
tion of instructors, a uniformly graded course of instruction and 
a uniform degree. In endeavoring to do so we are compelled 
from the start to exclude the “two year” schools. Their course 
presents an anomaly which cannot be assimilated. This proceed- 
