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T. I). HINEBAUCH. 
The Secretary for the past four years succeeded to the office 
of President, and the incoming- Secretary falling to the lot of 
Dr. T. J. Turner, Columbia, Missouri. Dr. Clement was re 
elected to the Vice-Presidency, and the retention of the well 
known Treasurer, Dr Jas. L. Robertson, followed as the unan¬ 
imous choice of the organization. 
The pleasant trip to the stock-farm of Mr. Dunham on 
Thursday afternoon, the courtesy of the Illinois veterinarians, 
was a pleasant episode of the kind. The farm exhibited some 
worthy representations of the French coaching and Percheron 
stallions ; and the kind hospitality with which the members 
were entertained by the owner will be always remembered 
with a great deal of pleasure. 
The banquet at the Auditorium Hotel, on Friday evening, 
was one of the most enjoyable occasions the Association’s 
members have ever indulged in. The royal feast with sweet 
strains of music, and the witty and pointed toasts by those 
selected for responses, fittingly closed the first Veterinary 
Congress of America. W. H. H. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
MILLET DISEASE IN HORSES. 
By T. D. Hinebauoh, D.V.S., Fargo, N. D. 
A Paper presented to the First International Veterinary Congress of America, 
(U. S. V. M. A.) 
During the winter of ’91 and ’92 a disease existed among 
horses that had been fed on millet. It was known as millet 
disease, and existed to a great extent wherever millet was 
used as food. There was an average death-rate from seven 
to ten per cent. On many farms the death rate was consider¬ 
ably higher, while on others no animal succumbed to the dis¬ 
ease. A few of the animals affected remained permanently 
diseased, the disease having settled in the joints. 
The condition of the millet at the time of harvesting seemed 
to make no difference in regard to the virulence of the attack. 
