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has retired from practice, and is now engaged as a life in¬ 
surance agent. 
The question of municipal meat and milk inspection is 
being agitated in St. Joseph, Mo., and the organization of a 
system is reasonably certain. 
Mrs. John Forbes and Mrs. Henry Washburn were in¬ 
terested listeners at the December meeting of the Missouri 
Valley Veterinary Association. 
Drs. S. E. Bennett, R. C. Moore, B. F. Kaupp, F. C. 
McCurdy, John S. Buckley and S. Stewart went from Kansas 
City to attend the meeting at St. Joseph, Mo. 
Dr. E. J. Netherton, of St. Joseph, Mo., has recently 
established a veterinary infirmary. It is the only one in the 
cit}^ and ii is believed will be a profitable venture. 
The Iowa Veterinary Medicae Association holds its 
annual meeting January loth and nth, and Secretary Brown 
writes that he looks forward to a splendid meeting. 
Dr. Albert Eong, of Eewiston, Me., and Dr. H. D. Feni- 
more, of Knoxville, Tenn., were recently appointed as inspectors 
in the Bureau of Animal Industry and assigned to Kansas City 
for duty. 
The Missouri State Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion held its annual meeting at Sedalia, Mo., Dec. 28th. The 
subject of veterinary legislation was the principal theme of dis¬ 
cussion. 
Oscar Verschelden, a member of the Missouri Valley 
Veterinary Association, has recently returned from a trip to 
Europe. In far-away Belgium Dr. Verschelden was married to 
an estimable young lady. May prosperity and happiness re¬ 
ward them. 
Dr. Hanson’s Book, “ Practice of Equine Medicine,” is 
about ready for delivery to those who have ordered it in advance. 
We will review it in the February issue. His advertisement 
contains some flattering notices from those who have read the 
advance sheets. 
Dr. C. H. Zink, an Inspector of the Bureau of Animal In- 
dustry,' who had been in Kansas City about four weeks familiar¬ 
izing himself with the details of microscopic inspection and 
supervision of pork products, has been placed in charge of 
station at Buffalo. 
Dr. Robt. Robb, who is engaged in the practice of human 
medicine at Littleton, Iowa, took the last Civil Service exami¬ 
nation for inspector in the B. A. I. Dr. Robb was formerly a 
