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S. R. HOWARD. 
I am presumptous enough to cast my mite into the “ common 
treasury of veterinary science.” 
The bacillus business is fully appreciated by us all, but 
don’t some of you think that some of our journals need more 
practical articles if they intend to reach the needs of the mass 
of the profession ? Let us have more cases reported and 
operations particularized. 
To get along practically is what worries more than one 
young man fresh from college, and to many of them the get¬ 
ting of the equivalent for services rendered is most important. 
Our business is an honorable calling, and we must look to it 
for a support to ourselves and those dependent upon us. How 
to manage people as well as disease, is as necessary to know 
as anything else. A few suggestions of this kind I trust will 
not be out of place, and I hope will be of some benefit to some 
of us. 
Some of the succeeding ideas are my own, and many of 
them are from “ The Physician Himself,” D. W. Cathell, Balti¬ 
more, Maryland, who has kindly allowed me the privilege 
of quoting from it at will. If my article shall prove of any 
advantage to my profession, it will have accomplished its 
mission. 
Sometimes large farmers, for their own satisfaction, char¬ 
ity, or from a feeling of insecurity—lest some animal which 
has been sick has a contagious disease—will have you visit 
their servants’ or poor relations’ animals, and then escape pay¬ 
ment of your bill on one pretext or another. You may obvi¬ 
ate this result by going as soon as possible to the “ boss,” and 
after explaining the labor and responsibility of the case, make 
known your fears of not being recompensed unless they see 
to it, and then ask to place the account on your books in his 
name. But remember, even Jay Gould could not be held 
legally responsible for your fee unless he would distinctly 
promise and agree to be responsible. 
When asked by customers how much the bills are, answer 
promptly “ one dollar ” or “ ten dollars,” or whatever it is. 
If you add any more words, it may weaken your claim and 
furnish them with a pretext to contend for a reduction. The 
