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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
DIFFERENT MODES OF FIRING. 
Brasher Fares, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1900. 
Editors American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sirs :—I would like to say a few words as to the 
different methods of firing, regarding the use of the feather 
edge and budding iron. In severe cases of ring-bone or spavin 
I much prefer the latter, and in spavins puncture the outside 
as well as inside of the tarsus. The u budding iron ” I use 
has about twenty round points about T 5 ¥ inch long and inch 
apart, which are attached to a square plate. This I find leaves 
a very little blemish as compared to the “ feather edge.” After 
firing I use a blister of cantharides and hydrargyrum iodide ru- 
brum. For weak tendons, wind galls and curbs I prefer the 
“feather edge.” I am, Very truly yours, 
A. W. Baker, V. S. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
MISSOURI VALLEY VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSO¬ 
CIATION. 
The twenty-second regular meeting was held in the parlors 
of the Hotel Donovan, Saint Joseph, Mo., on the evening of 
December 11, 1899, at 7.30 p. m., with the following officers 
and members present: Drs. Forbes (President), Stewart, Moore, 
Washburn, Sloan, Netherton, Wright, Patterson and Ross 
Cooper, with Drs. Blackwell, Wilson, Steele, Goode, of Saint 
Joseph, and A. T. Peters, of Lincoln, Neb., as visitors. 
A varied and very interesting surgical clinic was held on 
the afternoon of the same day from 2 to 5 p. M. in the hospital 
of Dr. E. J. Netherton, Saint Joseph, under the direction of 
Drs. Netherton and Patterson. 
Routine business having been disposed of, the President 
(Dr. Forbes) called upon Dr. E. J. Netherton, who read the 
following paper, entitled : 
“CITY INSPECTION OF FOOD PRODUCTS.” 
The production and distribution of milk and meat products 
engage the attention of no small part of our population. The 
use of milk is general and not limited to any class or locality. 
It is regarded as a necessity by almost every family, and for 
this reason information regarding it is important. By milk is 
meant the properly handled product of healthy, well fed cows. 
