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CORRESPONDENCE. 
said he often received letters from this side, and handed me on 
he had just got, asking me to read it, as he could hardly make ou 
what the writer wanted. It was from a party in the Wester; 
States, stating he was a veterinary surgeon, “ bourne ” in the yea 
18—; in short wanted to become a member of the Royal College 
The letter throughout was of the Artemus Ward style, and woulJ 
have done that gentleman credit. Is it to he wondered that whei 
such literary stars herald themselves abroad as American veterin 
ary surgeons that so low an opinion is formed of them ? But 
thank the Lord, the death knell of such is now being heart 
throughout this country. I guess I had better stop, or I shall (at 
I feel at the present moment I could) require the whole of thi. 
month’s Review in dilating upon the subject in hand. In con 
elusion, I would say that I asked Dr. Fleming when we might! 
expect him to pay us a visit, and he said he really had an idea oi 
doing so in two or three years. I said there was one thing ] 
was sure he would find among American veterinarians, and that 
was a hearty welcome. 
Yours, very truly, 
W. H. Pendry. 
CALL FOR A CATTLE GROWERS’ CONVENTION. 
Pubs. Am. Vet. Review , New York City , N. Y. : 
Gentlemen —At a joint meeting of the executive boards of 
the National Cattle-Growers’ Association of America and the 
-Amnal Cattle and Horse-Growers’ Association of the United 
held at the Leland Hotel, Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, 
Se^. 5th, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : 
Resolved , That the President and Secretaries of the National 
Cattle-Growers’ Association of America and the National Cattle 
and Horse-Growers’ Association of the United States be and are 
hereby instructed to invite all Cattle-Growers’ Associations, State 
and National Departments or Boards of Agriculture, the Gov¬ 
ernors of States and Territories, State or Territorial Live Stock 
Commissions, Agricultural Colleges, Live-Stock Exchanges, Agri¬ 
cultural Experimental Stations, and all associations whatsoever in 
any manner interested in promoting the interests of the cattle 
industry of the United States, to appoint two delegates each, and 
