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spect and broad recognition from intelligent and educated men. 
In many of the fields of labor where our men have penetrated, 
the increase in number and value of live stock has been rapid and 
large, showing, as there are scientific men to care for these fancy and 
high priced animals, so, in a similar ratio, has been the increase. 
The new social position accorded to our men has been gratifying, 
and their acknowledged worth and merit has given a new impetus 
to our progress. Others have gone into fields where no veterin¬ 
arian had ever trod, but where intelligence prevails, and soon 
their people found much for them to do, and the lessened mortal¬ 
ity, loss of usefulness, etc., that had before been experienced, now 
stimulated a large increase in numbers and value of stock used. 
Of those from whom I have heard, they have held no less 
than forty positions of honor, trust or emolument pertaining to 
their profession. On commissions for examination into contagi¬ 
ous diseases there have been eleven appointments from our num¬ 
ber, and through their labors much valuable knowledge has been 
added to the history, nature, causes and course of the various con¬ 
tagious and infectious diseases that our country has had to deal 
with; alike, the saving of millions in a pecuniary sense; and 
preserves for us in foreign markets a place for our surplus pro¬ 
ductions. Two have filled positions on editorial staffs of prom¬ 
inent journals of our country, and thus served a daily usefulness 
in the spreading of veterinary talent as practitioners, and that, 
too, often among those who had never met or known competent 
veterinary service. But above all, and that which is the grandest 
point we all desire to gain, they gave unto the noble animals over 
which we exercise dominion relief from their sufferings, and 
checked the ravages of disease that soon would have made their 
lives miserable and painful; and who can measure the extent of 
their usefulness in stimulating new life and bringing new men 
into the profession through this medium. 
Some have ably filled good positions in the surgical de¬ 
partment of our College, and while gaining much knowledge for 
themselves, at the same time were able to facilitate the progress 
of those around them as students ; and others have not forgotten 
their alma mater, but have come back from time to time to 
