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members, have sought these new men in your communities 
and endeavored to enlist them in our organization ? Remem¬ 
ber your secretary, diligent, earnest, zealous and efficient as 
he is, cannot do this work for you, neither should you expect 
him, but it is an obligation imposed upon you by your mem¬ 
bership in our organization. We have now over one hundred 
members, we want one hundred and fifty before our annual 
gathering in ’94. Resolve yourselves into committees of one, 
and each bring a new applicant for membership, and thus 
strengthen and complete our ranks, that our power and in¬ 
fluence may be strengthened and extended to broader fields. 
During the past six months but few flagrant violations of 
our law have come to our notice throughout the State, and I 
feel that each new period strengthens our position and adds 
value to the future worth of our act. In the eastern section 
of our State we have heard of no migration within our bor¬ 
ders save from those who have equipped themselves in some 
one of our colleges. We still regret the continuation of the 
two-year schools, and it becomes our bounden duty to urge 
upon all prospective students the fact that these schools are 
not equipped to so complete their education as will properly 
prepare them for the future practice of veterinary surgery, 
and every honorable means should be used on our part to 
discourage their continuance so long as they are a menace 
to the future strength and value of our profession. 
In October next the First International Veterinary Con¬ 
gress of America will convene in Chicago, in connection with 
the World’s Fair Auxiliary Congresses. The chief topics for 
consideration at that time are Veterinary Education, Animal 
Food Supply and Tuberculosis, all of great interest to us 
as a profession and of special importance to us as individuals. 
% We should be enrolled as members of this Congress, special 
provision having been made for this occasion. The minor 
subjects are of much interest and value, and I am glad to say 
that our State will take a prominent part in the deliberations. 
The entire proceedings will be published, and each member 
of the Congress will be entitled to a copy of the same. 
With these few random thoughts I desire to again render 
