E. L. QUITMAN. 
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Again a vast and growing field for the veterinarian of high 
quality, is in the government service as inspectors in abattoirs, 
stock yards, ports of entry, experiment stations, etc. Indeed, 
in this specialty, the demand exceeds the supply. 
As an item of interest and proof of the immense amount of 
animals inspected for the year 1900, I might mention that the 
total number of cattle inspected ante-mortem was 53,087,994. 
That the horse raising industry is greatly on the increase is 
evinced by the high prices at the present time, being as high 
or higher than at any time of the past; also our horse export 
trade is growing very rapidly, as shown by an increase for 1900 
of forty per cent, over 1899, the United States having exported 
56,315 horses during 1900. 
This greatly increasing demand at home and abroad for live 
stock and dairy products, means an increased value of such an¬ 
imals, an increased number of such animals, and, what is more 
for us, a necessity for an increased number of veterinarians. 
You, gentlemen, are to be congratulated for entering the profes¬ 
sion at so opportune a time for quickly gaining a lucrative 
practice or making your mark in the scientific world. But I 
here again wish to emphasize the fact that your success in either 
path depends entirely on how you spend your time while at 
college. The studious, thoughtful student will surely make a 
success, either as a practitioner or a scientist. The careless, 
lazy student will so surely be a failure. From now on let 
“ work ” be your watchword. 
I once more, gentlemen, welcome you to this institution 
and on my own part, as well as on that of my colleagues, assure 
you that no pains of ours will be spared in promoting the great 
purpose for which you have come, and in rendering you what¬ 
ever aid may be necessary to make you all that you could wish. 
The U. S. War Department has just announced that it 
has abandoned the automobile as unsuited for any service in 
the field, after two years’ trial in the Philippines and at Fort 
Meyer, Va. 
