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EDITORIAL. 
NATIONAL CATTLE GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
We have been favored with an invitation to attend the third 
National Convention of Stockmen, appointed to take place on the 
17th and 18th of November next. The programme which we 
have received contains, evidence that no effort lias been spared to 
make the meeting a success, and to secure a full discussion of the 
various questions involved in the important branch of our agricul¬ 
tural wealth which will be brought under review. Numerous 
papers are announced for presentation and discussion, one of the 
most important emanating from the United States Commissioner 
of Agriculture, Hon. N. J. Coleman. Another paper, which prom¬ 
ises to be of unusual interest to veterinarians, is promised from 
Dr. E. Salmon, Chief Veterinarian to the Bureau of Animal In¬ 
dustry, who has his name down for a presentation of the subject 
of contagious diseases of cattle. Whether the Doctor will limit 
himself to the subject of pleuro-pneiunonia, or will also include 
those other contagious diseases which infect our herds, is a ques¬ 
tion of no little importance. While the subject of contagious 
lung scourge is, of course, full of interest, it would be quite un¬ 
fortunate to find that other equally interesting subjects, such as 
the various forms of anthrax, Texas fever, abortion in cows, etc., 
had been overlooked or ignored by the Doctor. In any case, how¬ 
ever, whatever may be the inclusions of the subjects which will be 
treated by Dr. Salmon, there is no doubt that his paper will 
constitute one of the great attractions of the meeting. 
STATE VETERINARIANS. 
Who would have supposed, a few months ago, that such an offi¬ 
cial position as “State Veterinarian” would ever exist; and who 
would have imagined that the East would be behind the West in 
the selection and appointment of competent men to bear such a 
title ? It is evident that appointments to such a post have been 
difficult by reason of the deficiency in the numbers of qualified 
veterinarians in the East, and, of course, the difficulty would be 
still greater in the West. But since the increase and improve¬ 
ment of our veterinary schools—and we may venture to refer 
