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Western; New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk; New York, Susquehanna and West¬ 
ern; Northern Central; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia and Erie; Philadelphia and 
Reading; Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore; Rome, Watertown and Ogdens- 
burg; Western New York and Pennsylvania; West Jersey; West Shore; Wilmington 
and Northern. 
To annual meeting in Philadelphia Sept. 18, 19, 20, 1894. 
Members when buying tickets apply for same thirty minutes 
before train time, and secure a certificate from agent from whom 
the ticket is purchased. T. J. Turner, Sec. 
OHIO STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The Ohio State Veterinary Medical Association will meet at 
Millersburg, O., September 26th at 7 P. M., and 27th at 9 A. M., 
during the County Fair. Important business and valuable papers 
will be read, and a profitable and good time is anticipated. 
W. H. Gribble, Sec. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
TUBERCULOSIS IN NEW YORK STATE. 
Middletown, N. Y., July 4, 1894. 
Editors of American Veterinary Review: 
Gents: — I would like to call the attention of the proper 
authorities, through the REVIEW, to the condition of the dairy 
stock in this part of Orange County. 
About a year ago I began to make an investigation regard¬ 
ing the prevalence of tuberculosis in this locality. 
Among the herds examined by me, was that owned by the 
State Hospital in this city. In which case I used tuberculin; 
about one-half (30) cows, were found to be affected, these have 
since been killed. 
In another dairy of about thirty cows, fully one-fourth of 
them have tubercles in the mammary glands, the latter condi¬ 
tion is of common occurrence in this vicinity. I am frequently 
