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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Other speakers were: Durant C. Gile, Milwaukee, on “ Bo¬ 
vine Tuberculosis in Wisconsin ”; Dr. O. H. Eliason, State 
Veterinarian, Dr. J. T. Hermshein, Pleasant Prairie, “ Inter¬ 
state Shipment of Cattle”; Dr. A. H. Hartwig, Watertown. 
“ Power of the University—How it Affects the Farmer, the 
Veterinarian and the Public”; Dr. Charles Schmitt, “Equine 
Intestinal Parasites.” Wednesday morning clinics were held at 
the Milwaukee Veterinary Hospital; several very interesting 
operations were performed. Tuesday evening the banquet was 
held at the Republican Plouse, where the veterinarians, after re¬ 
galing themselves upon the tasty viands set before them, entered 
upon an informal discussion of matters pertaining to the veter¬ 
inary profession. Dr. Hermshein was master of the ceremon¬ 
ies, and those who know the genial doctor may be assured that 
the ceremonies were carried out in a manner to suit the occa¬ 
sion to the dot. It was not until after midnight that the ban¬ 
queters left the hall, firmly resolved to be present at the next 
meeting of the society, which was scheduled for August at 
Watertown. 
The following resolutions were unanimously passed at the 
regular session: 
“ Whereas, The United States Live Stock Sanitary Associa¬ 
tion at its Chicago meeting December 5 and 6, last, adopted the 
following resolution, Resolved, That this association place it¬ 
self on record as discountenancing the action of' any State Board 
which shall employ or empower any one to apply this (tuber¬ 
culin) test officially who is not a thoroughly competent and 
qualified veterinarian, and 
“ Whereas, This resolution must apply to the Wisconsin Live 
Stock Sanitary Board, as Wisconsin is the only state where such 
practice is adopted, and 
“ Whereas, Under this loose method of testing cattle 22.52 
per cent, of error resulted in the useless slaughter of thousands 
of dollars’ worth of healthy cattle from July 1, 1910, to July I, 
1911, and 
“ Whereas, The administration from July 1, 1911, to Novem¬ 
ber 1, 1911, discontinued allowing other than qualified veter¬ 
inarians to apply the test, thereby reducing the error to 2.7 per 
cent., in spite of which the State Live Stock Sanitary Board on 
December 2, 1911, reverted to the erroneous tests by the laity, 
Therefore, be it 
“ Resolved, By the Wisconsin State Veterinary Society, in 
