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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
The next annual meeting- of the Iowa Veterinary Medical As¬ 
sociation will be held at the Iowa State College, which will be the 
occasion of the dedication of the new veterinary buildings and the 
celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Iowa Veterinary Asso¬ 
ciation. 
The commencement exercises of the Colorado Agricultural 
College were held in the college chapel Thursday, June 6, 1912. 
The following students having completed their work in veterinary 
medicine, were granted the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medi¬ 
cine: Brill, J. A.; Carroll, A. N.; Converse, C. W.; Egan, P. H.; 
Griffith, A. H.; Grubb, E. A.; Guyselman, P.; Paxton, J. D.; 
Warner, M. J.; Williams, C. V.; Willis, H. W.; Wright, G. A. 
Mr. Wright also received the degree of Bachelor of Science, hav¬ 
ing also completed that course. 
Twenty-five Thousand Dollars for Ontario's Veteri¬ 
nary College : The Dominion in its grant to aid Ontario agricul¬ 
ture, has provided $25,000 for the purchase of additional land 
for the new Ontario Veterinary College. This purchase will be 
about double the size of the lot purchased last year, and will give 
the land necessary to finish out the block of the present L-shaped 
site, with a view to later extending the college to be a Dominion 
institution; the aim being to broaden its work, and to keep it the 
centre of veterinary knowledge in Canada. At present it is the 
only college of its kind in the Dominion. 
Investigations of the Etiology of Infectious Abor¬ 
tion of Cows and Mares is the subject treated of in Bulletin 
No. 165, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, April 
1912. From a perusal of this bulletin it becomes evident that 
Prof. E. S. Good has not.only confirmed Bang’s work as to the 
etiology of the disease in cows, but has determined the cause of 
the disease in mares. He has given in this bulletin the cultural 
characteristics of the abortusbacillus —Bang, in detail; also meth¬ 
ods of isolating the bacillus from the uterine exudate of aborting 
cows, as well as from the internal organs of the fetuses. This is 
probably the first publication in the United States giving illus-. 
trations of the morphology of this germ, as well as its cultural 
characteristics, and is of extreme interest to veterinarians. We 
understand that a copy of this bulletin can be obtained free of 
charge until the supply is exhausted by applying to the director 
of the station, Dr. M. A. Scoville, Lexington, Ky. 
