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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
eradicating successfully this great white plague; either methods 
propounded having advantages and disadvantages, though the 
Bang system sustains most supporters. 
Dr. De Turk brought up the matter, whether no steps could 
be taken by this society to protect local veterinarians in applying 
the tuberculin test to shipped cattle by being encroached upon, 
the dealer usually employing the veterinarian that does the job at 
the lowest price and who is often underbidding the nearest quali¬ 
fied veterinarian to obtain the job After some discussion a mo¬ 
tion was made and seconded that the secretary draw up resolu¬ 
tions relative to this cause and present a copy to the State Vet¬ 
erinarian for his deliberation, as follows: 
Whereas, It has been found that local veterinarians some¬ 
times are compelled on account of competition to test inter-state 
cattle under unsuitable conditions to please the dealer; therefore, 
Be it resolved by this association, That the State Veterinarian 
divide the state into districts and that only the tests of the vet¬ 
erinarians appointed in these districts are recognized by the State 
Live Stock Sanitary Board. A motion was made to adjourn. 
W. G. Huyett, Secretary. 
MINNESOTA STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSO¬ 
CIATION. 
The fifteenth semi-annual meeting of this association was 
called to order in the “ Ordinary ” of the West Hotel, Minne¬ 
apolis, at io o’clock a. m., Wednesday, July io, by the secretary, 
word having been received that the president would be unable to 
attend. 
Dr. B. Portor, of Albert Lea, was elected to fill the vacancy 
and presided over the sessions. The regular routine took up the 
time until twelve noon, when the meeting adjourned to meet at 
the Parke, Davis headquarters, First avenue North, Minneapolis, 
where the members sat down to a bountiful spread in the way of 
a Dutch lunch; and I want to say right here that I have been 
entertained at Dutch luncheons before, but never in the history 
of my experiences with these spreads has the society been so 
generously entertained at one of this kind as they were at this 
meeting by the managers of the Parke, Davis Company, and 
particularly the service given us by the young ladies of the com¬ 
pany. The only thing that could have been added to make this 
