EDITORIAL. 
643 
Since that date other communications have been received and 
one of them is presented to our colleagues, and their attention 
earnestly called to the importance of the Congress, as well as 
to the value of the subjects which will occupy its sittings. 
The plan presented in the circular, which will be found else¬ 
where in our pages, tells of the great effort which is being made 
by the committee of organization to make the occasion all that 
can be desired. The general government of the German Em¬ 
pire and that of the city of Baden-Baden have already granted 
large sums of money for the Congress, and a long list of sub¬ 
scribers is now on hand. 
In the present circular a suggestion is made as to the pro¬ 
priety of forming an American sub-committee and asking for 
information as to its expediency. The answer to this will de¬ 
pend upon the number of American adherents, and it is impor¬ 
tant that this should be in goodly proportion to the number of 
veterinarians in North America. No doubt a good representa¬ 
tion to the Congress is imposed upon our colleges, our State 
societies, and, above all, from our National Association, without 
counting the Bureau of Animal Industry. The Review is 
authorized to receive subscriptions, and will be ready to give 
all information that may be desired. A check for $3 will 
insure membership, with a copy of all the transactions, which 
will be issued in French, German and English, if the number 
of 100 English and American subscribers is reached. 
And it is not only veterinarians who will be interested in 
the work of the Congress, but also agriculturists, and there can 
be no doubt that the great agricultural community of the 
United States will be represented at Baden-Baden next August. 
We feel confident that through their publications the editors of 
our numerous agricultural papers will call the attention of their 
readers to the importance of the Congress and of the intimate 
relations that exist between its work and that of agricultur¬ 
ists and stock raisers, and the benefits they will derive when it 
is taken into consideration that so many days of the meeting 
are to be devoted to the discussions which must interest them 
