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EDITORIAL. 
office, where it laid and where I obtained it on the 8th of Feb¬ 
ruary, addressed to Paris, France. The place is too big and the 
man too small. He could not be found. I will later give my 
friends a cable address, which will do away with the possibility 
of similar disagreements recurring. 
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Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the 
U. S. Livestock Sanitary Association were received and ac¬ 
knowledged already last month. 
It is to be regretted that financial difficulties obliged the as¬ 
sociation to condense the report of the work and permitted only 
the publication of the essential subjects. If the revenue of the 
association is limited, provisions ought to be made to increase it, 
as certainly the profession wants to know all the work that is 
done by this excellent organization. 
Quite interesting papers were read at the meeting and valu¬ 
able information was presented on “ Contagious Abortion in Cat¬ 
tle,” “ Dourine,” “ Glanders,” “ Hog Cholera,” “ Rabies.” 
“ Texas Fever ” and “ Tuberculosis.” This last has been the sub¬ 
ject of important contributions by Mr. A. J. Glover and Drs. 
Robert W. Ellis, Veranus A. Moore, K. F. Meyer, A. D. Melvin 
and N. S. Mayo. 
The following resolutions were voted unanimously at the 
meeting: 
“ Resolved, That the U. S. Livestock Sanitary Association 
again places itself on record in favor of any proper effort which 
will authorize the Bureau of Animal Industry to supervise the 
production of all veterinary biological products. 
“ That the production and distribution of hog cholera serum, 
virulent blood and vaccines be under the direct supervision of the 
proper State authorities. 
“ That we deem it wise to call attention to 1 the serious impor¬ 
tance of infectious abortion among cattle and horses and advise 
that more instructions on this subject to stock owners to be given 
