EDITORIAL. 
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America there is well-nigh endless variety—from plainly dis¬ 
reputable diploma mills to veterinary departments in onr best 
universities, in which the requirements for entrance, length of 
course, equipment and requirements for graduation will com¬ 
pare favorably with British schools. The suggestion of cheap¬ 
ness of American veterinarians for temporary service in trans¬ 
porting horses from the United States to South Africa will de¬ 
pend on the point of view. Americans are 3000 miles nearer 
the point of embarkation than the British veterinarian. They 
accept temporary service for various reasons—as a vacation and 
rest from ordinary routine work, or from a worthy desire for 
the experience. Some American practices only continue a part 
of the year and leave practically nothing to do at a given sea¬ 
son, so that the trip may be a financial gain, and it would not 
be strange if among these were some u cheap ” men. That we 
have them there are few who will deny. 
One thing is certain : the average veterinarian of America 
is not, as a rule, applying for temporary employment in the 
British service at and simply for the rates paid, and we have no 
reason to believe that the head of the British remount service 
in America thinks that he is generally securing representative 
veterinarians of extensive experience ; nor have we any ground 
to assume that if a British applicant were in calling distance 
he would not be preferred over an American. 
THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 
In the debate upon the Agricultural Bill in the House of 
Representatives on January 29, Mr. Corliss, of Michigan, made 
an attack upon the work of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 
The growth of this bureau and the appropriations therefor, he 
declared, were altogether too rapid. He made a point of order 
against the increase of salary of the chief of the bureau from 
$4000 to $4500, and it went out of the bill. He also moved to 
cut down the appropriation for this bureau from $1,050,000 to 
$1,000,000. Mr. Wadsworth and Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, 
warmly defended the appropriation. The latter expressed his 
