SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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IOWA STATE veterinary MEDICAE ASSOCIATION. 
The ninth annual meeting of this association was held in 
the Capitol Building, Des Moines, Jan. 13 and 14, 1897. 
The meeting was presided over by the President, Dr. D. U. 
Shipley, and the following named members answered to roll- 
call : K. E. Sayers, J. A. Campbell, W. B. Niles, E. U. Shipley, 
J. I. Gibson, J. E. Brown, J. O. Simcoke, C. J. Hinkley, W. A,. 
Heck, W. H. Austin, S. H. Kingery, H. E. Stewart, J. E. Wil¬ 
liamson, H. E. Talbot, C. E. Stewart, R. P. Thurtle, S. T. 
Miller, D. H. Miller, and G. A. Johnson. There were present as 
visitors during the sessions: Drs. J. W. Griffith, of Cedar Rap¬ 
ids, la. ; A. C. Woods, Council Bluffs ; J. H. McEeod, Charles 
City ; C. Millar, Ottumwa ; H. W. Shanks, Millersburg ; A. A. 
Peters, Wintersett; P. O. Koto, Forest City ; J. Thomsen, Arm¬ 
strong ; E. G. Martin, Schaller ; A. T. Peters, Veterinarian to 
the Experiment Station of Nebraska ; Dr. J. F. Kennedy, Sec¬ 
retary of the Iowa State Board of Health, and W. K. Board- 
man, State Dairy Commissioner. 
Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
Drs. G. A. Johnson and D. H. Miller were appointed to fill va¬ 
cancies on the Board of Censors. 
The address of President Shipley reviewed the dull times of 
the past two years, the future prospects, hog cholera in Iowa in 
1896, and put forth some timely advice to the veterinarians of 
Iowa regarding their duties to the State and the United States 
associations and to the profession. 
The Secretary’s report showed that the association had 81 
active and 7 honorary members. Sixteen of the active (?) mem¬ 
bers were three years or over delinquent on dues. That owing' 
to these delinquents, and the extraordinary expenses of the as¬ 
sociation during the past three years, the Treasurer would 
not have sufficient money to meet all the obligations of the so¬ 
ciety. The report also stated that owing to the unremunerative 
conffition of the veterinary business during the past two or three 
years, quite a number of veterinarians had given up the prac¬ 
tice of the profession. That 75 postal cards were sent out from 
the office of the Secretary to representative practitioners in the 
State, asking for a comparison of the business done during the 
first nine months of 1896 with that done during the first nine 
months of 1895. The general average of the reports returned 
showed but a very slight change. The report of the Treasurer 
was read and referred to an auditing committee, consisting of 
Drs. Austin, Hinkley and Miller. 
