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branches of education. However, when this wealth became 
menaced by contagious diseases imported from abroad, and 
the improvement in our domestic animals leading to the 
increase in value of individual animals, the demand for quali¬ 
fied veterinarians increased. This led to an increase in the 
number of students at the existing colleges. The financial 
success of the colleges, and the success of their graduates, 
and the increasing demand for qualified veterinarians led to 
the marked increase in the number of colleges in recent 
years. 
VETERINARY EDUCATION AS IT IS. 
We have shown that there is at present about fifteen vet¬ 
erinary colleges in America. These colleges may be divided 
into two classes : ist, those organized and chartered by in¬ 
dividuals or corporations and depending upon the fees of 
students for support; and 2d, those organized in connection 
with State educational institutions and controlled and sup¬ 
ported by the State. The first schools organized belong to 
the first class. The most important schools of this class are 
the American Veterinary College, New York College of 
Veterinary Surgeons, Toronto Veterinary College, Chicago 
Veterinary College, Kansas City Veterinary College and 
Ohio Veterinarj 7 College. 
The most important of the second class, named in order of 
date of organization, are the Iowa Agricultural and Mechani¬ 
cal College, Veterinary Department Harvard University, 
Veterinary Department University of Pennsylvania, Veteri¬ 
nary Department University of Ohio. With the excep¬ 
tion of the American Veterinary College (and we may here 
say parenthetically that this school will from now on, judg¬ 
ing by the last catalogue, more nearly resemble the schools 
of the second class, inasmuch as the course is now graded and 
extends over three sessions), there is a vast difference in the 
two classes of colleges. Both have their friends and both 
have been criticised by those interested in the advancement 
of veterinary education. We will briefly discuss each, and 
note some of the criticisms which have been offered. 
