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by the National Association, and we have no doubt bnt that it 
will be made a leading topic of discussion—to the end that re¬ 
solutions bearing npoif its national and municipal necessity 
will be passed, with strong demands for an extension of the 
service. 
MASSACHUSETTS VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
The regular monthly meeting was held at No. 19 Boylston 
Place, December 22, 1897. President Winchester in the chair. 
Members present: Drs. Burchstead, Dyer, Emerson, Frothing- 
ham, Eee, Lewis, McLaughlin, Parker, Peters, Pierce, Williams, 
Winchester, Winslow, Stickney. Dr. J. C. Cutting, of Medford, 
and Dr. Charles H. Higgins, of Dover, were elected members. 
The Legislative Bill was adopted by the association, and 
President Winchester appointed Drs. McLaughlin, Lee, PToth- 
ingham. Pierce, Labaw, Rogers, Cronon and Winchester a com¬ 
mittee to take charge of the bill before the legislature. 
Henry S. Lewis, Sec 7 'etary. 
NEWS AND ITEMS. 
There will be a joint session of the Keystone and Pennsyl¬ 
vania State Veterinary Medical Associations in Philadelphia on 
March 8th. 
W. G. Langdon has been elected Veterinarian of the 
North Dakota Agricultural College and Experiment Station to 
succeed Dr. T. D. Hinebauo:h. 
Director D. McEachran, of the Veterinary Department 
of McGill University, is on a trip of scientific observation through 
England, Denmark, France and Germany. 
There is Nothing Seow about Iowa. —The State Board 
of Health now has a veterinarian for its president.. Dr. J. I. 
Gibson, State Veterinary Surgeon, is the man who fills that 
honorable position. 
The course of lectures on practical bacteriology held by 
Dr. Roux at the Pasteur Institute last'two months, is so well 
attended that one must make application two years ahead be¬ 
fore he can be admitted. 
The value of all the live* stock in the country on January 
I, 1897, was estimated to be $1,886,959,000. On January i, 
1898, it was estimated at $2,037,012,000, showing an increase 
in value in one year of $150,053,000. 
