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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
City; the licensing of dogs and the American Society for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ; barnyard and farm manure ; 
live stock in the United States; American horses in Kngland; 
various statistical tables referring to animal interests, and much 
other useful information. 
^ The above brief and incomplete recapitulation of the salient 
points of the “ Blue Book ” gives but an imperfect idea of the 
immensity of the work which the editor has gathered between 
the covers, and to the veterinarian or man interested in live 
stock it can truly be said that the book is invaluable. That 
anyone could have been found willing to undertake the prepara¬ 
tion of so much information—involving as it does a vast 
amount of correspondence and details, is a matter of congratu¬ 
lation, and the least that the profession can offer in apprecia¬ 
tion of the task which has been so well accomplished is to buy 
it. We trust that the present issue may be so well received by 
the profession everywhere that the editor will feel encouraged 
to reissue it annually or biennially, as warranted by its sale. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS, 
CHICAGO VETERINARY vSOCIETY. 
The regular meeting of the society was held at the Sherman 
House, Jan. 13th, and the following members were present: 
President, R. G. Walker ; Secretary, James Henderson ; R. Gy- 
sel, E. Campbell, P. Quitman, E. E. Quitman, Jos. Hughes, 
E. A. Merillat, J. Robertson, B. A. Pierce, A. H. Baker, C. A. 
White, O. C. Dyson, C. G. Nelson, F. J. Eeith, C. C. Sayre, 
A. E. Richel, J. B. Clancy, A. O. Caspar, D. Kermath, Frank 
Allen, O. K. Dubia, W. C. McGarth. 
The minutes of the last meeting were approved as read. 
Secretary^s Report .—He read a letter sent by him to the 
Civil Service Board of Commissioners as instructed at the last 
meeting asking them to appoint a time of meeting with our 
Eegislative Committee. A reply from the Secretary of the 
Board was also read granting our request. 
Report of Legislative Cominittee. —Dr. Hughes, aschairman, 
gave an account of the meeting above arranged for. The Board 
averred that it had many examinations on hand, in each of 
which large numbers of men were involved. That in the ex¬ 
amination for the purpose of securing a veterinarian to attend 
the police horses only one man was concerned, and on that ac¬ 
count it would be postponed in favor of those examinations in 
