488 
C. M. STULL. 
kind of legislation do we want, and in order to get this paper 
properly before you, I have headed it, “ What is the Dif¬ 
ference ? ” 
What is the difference between the veterinarian of the 
present day, and the so-called horse-doctor of the past and 
the present ? 
To the unobserving public they are one and the same, but 
to the shrewd and close calculating stock-raiser and farmer 
there is a vast difference, namely, the success of the individ¬ 
ual practitioner and the methods used to bring about the 
same. 
Education is the foundation of success in any line of busi¬ 
ness, and why should it not apply to this particular subject as 
well? If a man is adapted to any of the different vocations 
of this life, is it not his first duty to accumulate as near as 
possible for him to do so all the available knowledge on that 
particular subject? And is it possible for him to do this 
without first calling to his sssistance some of the many noted 
men who have made that particular subject a life-time study ? 
Think of the long hours of hard study, and the trials of 
the close student of the veterinary science. It is true, I will 
admit, that men who would have made good veterinarians 
have never been able to prepare and educate themselves in 
the work, owing to a lack of financial means. And again, 
there is an old adage that poverty is the foundation of all 
wealth, and I am glad to say that some of our ablest men 
have worked their way from very poor boys to shining lights 
in their profession, so that naturally I can see no excuse for a 
man to offer who is a hypocrite in any profession, the veter¬ 
inary profession not excepted. 
The question has been asked me by self-made men as 
to the value of a diploma, and to it I have replied that the 
mere fact of one being in possession of a diploma does not 
make him a success in the profession, but there is a proof in 
the possession of one that the individual has made a start in 
the right direction, and if, after succeeding thus far he should 
make a failure in life, he is indeed to be pitied. It is also a 
great mistake to make for one to think that when he is 
