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EDITORIAL. 
One of the new measures instituted by the Treasury Cattle 
Commission is the formation of quarantine stations, and there 
can be no doubt that the gentlemen in charge of this portion of 
the work have exercised their best judgment, and availed them¬ 
selves of the best ‘means at their command, after acquiring, in 
Canada as we know, and perhaps in Europe also, all the informa¬ 
tion accessible to their inquiries. 
Quarantine work is undoubtedly one of the most important of 
all the various incidents of sanitary medicine. If carried prop¬ 
erly into effect, it includes the accomplishment of entire and per¬ 
fect immunity from infection by contagious disease, certified by 
an absolutely clean bill of health, and it involves the necessity of 
vigorously correct arrangements, and the employment and work 
of thoroughly qualified scientific employes, with power and will 
to carry into effect the most severe and effective of executive 
measures, when necessary. 
In reference to the quarantine stations which have been estab¬ 
lished, certain pertinent queries may be ventured. Have they 
accomplished all that has been desired or expected from them, 
and has there been no disappointment in respect to practical 
results ? ITas their organization been reasonably perfect and com¬ 
plete % Has the work they have actually accomplished fully 
met the contingency for which they were established ? 
All these are questions which not only the veterinary pro¬ 
fession will ask, but which also concern the public at large, and 
especially that portion of it whose interests are extensively in¬ 
volved with those of the numerous parties engaged in cattle rais¬ 
ing. The Wyoming Cattle Growers’ Association have adopted 
the measure best calculated to satisfy themselves upon this point, 
in organizing a tour of inspection by the Territorial Veterinarian. 
This gentleman, Dr. J. D. Hopkins, has performed his work and 
presented his report. Having kindly forwarded a copy to ns, we 
publish it to-day, as coming from one whose experience and 
active observation, together wicli his well known impartiality, 
must impart great value to his statements, and commend his con¬ 
clusions as worthy of a high degree of consideration. The Doc¬ 
tor finds much that is objectionable in what has been done, and if 
