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for lack of support. This want of appreciation on the part of a 
large portion of the profession is to be deplored, for the reason 
that it not only acts as a check to professional progress in the 
non-subscriber, but it deprives those who do subscribe, and who 
are anxious to keep up with the professional advancement of the 
day, of a great amount of valuable matter, which our journals 
are unable to avail themselves of for lack of the necessary sup¬ 
port. In other words, it curtails the scope of journalistic work, 
thereby depriving the profession of a great amount of what 
might be termed its most needed sustenance, viz.: current, up- 
to-date literature gleaned from various sources throughout the 
professional world. 
No better method, it seems to me, could possibly be devised 
to so rapidly advance the interests of the profession than that of 
well conducted journalism. “The power of the press ” is a say¬ 
ing as true as it is trite ; and there is no valid reason why the 
same should not be said of our professional press from both a 
social and a legislative standpoint. One of the most pleasing 
features which a profession such as ours ought to be able to afford 
is sociability. This can be largely cultivated through the 
medium of our journals. As a body, we frequently require 
legislation to obtain some needed reform. This could often be 
accomplished through the same channel—our press—more es¬ 
pecially if it had the sympathy and support of a solid profession. 
There can be only one of two reasons why the veterinarian fails 
to give his support to the journals devoted to his profession, and 
necessarily to his individual benefit; and the first of these is a 
lack of interest in his own intellectual development—from a 
professional point of view—and in the progress and success of 
the profession, as such ; or, that he has persuaded himself that 
he cannot afford $3 a year for a journal, the value of which, to 
him, it would be extremely difficult to estimate. 
If we expect to increase in strength as a profession, we must 
endeavor to increase and keep increasing the power of our jour¬ 
nals in every department; and this can only be accomplished by 
the sympathy and hearty support of the profession as a whole. 
