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not more advanced than in this country, nor so advanced as 
we even might reasonably expect. 
Agriculture is closely related to veterinary surgery to 
their mutual advantage. This has been several times 
acknowledged publicly in America. In 1878 N. H. Paaren, 
of Chicago, read a paper on veterinary sanitary reform at the 
National Agricultural Congress , which led to an important 
resolution whereby the attention of agricultural colleges was 
directed to vigorous efforts in veterinary education. The 
author was appointed State Veterinarian to the Board of 
Agriculture. Professor James Law is Consulting Veterinary 
Surgeon to the Agricultural Society of New York State. We 
have seen that various agricultural schools have their vete¬ 
rinary professors. However, at the meeting of the National 
Agricultural Congress for this year only one Veterinary 
Surgeon was appointed on the committee. The American 
Veterinary College offers a free scholarship to the United 
States Agricultural Department, and to each State agri¬ 
cultural society in the country. Also allowance is made to 
graduates of agricultural colleges for courses of lectures which 
they have attended on the subjects mentioned in the College 
curriculum. 
We have noted certain signs of professional remonstrance 
against the veterinary editorships of agricultural journals by 
qualified practitioners, but are not inclined to find fault with 
them, for any means serving to enable agriculturists to 
appreciate the complexity of medical treatment of stock must 
redound to our advantage, transferring them from the hands 
of empirics to those of the duly educated practitioner. We 
can see no more objection to this than to the delivery of 
courses of lectures on veterinary science at agricultural 
schools, which in this country has proved of decided advan¬ 
tage to the profession. We see Professor James Law is 
editor of the American Live ,Stock Journal , and have no fear 
that in his hands it will fall to the low prescribing and 
puffing level of certain other American journals. 
The prohibition of importation of American cattle into this 
country, necessitated by the prevalence of pleuro-pneumonia 
in the United States, by driving the important live-meat 
trade wholly into the hands of the Canadians, has necessi¬ 
tated State investigation of the matter. This event consti¬ 
tutes an era in American veterinary history. Professor 
McEachran has been sent into the United States to investi¬ 
gate the disease. Professor James Law, with his veterinary 
staff, has been “ stamping out” the affection in New York. 
Professor Holcombe is at work in New Jersey; Mitchener in 
