EDITORIAL. 
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veterinarian of to-day is a wonder of scientific knowledge, when 
compared with one of twenty-five years back, and possibly the 
man of fifty years hence will regard the practitioners of our 
times very much as we esteem our predecessors. But with all 
the deficiencies with which the veterinarian of to-day may be 
charged, a glance at the results obtained in practice in a pecuniary 
and honorary point of view may be fairly illustrated by the posi¬ 
tions held by many of the alumni of our schools. 
Perhaps amongst the prospective results which may be real¬ 
ized by the young veterinarians, there is none more effective than 
the fact that official appointments have now become obtainable 
by our regular graduates, and that these positions are capable of 
being made so essentially useful and beneficial to the public that 
salaries connected with the appointments are quite likely to be 
made of sufficient importance to encourage and reward any suc¬ 
cessful incumbent, if truly competent. This is fully proved by 
the results obtained by some of our State and Territorial Veter¬ 
inarians who are now occupying these positions and receiving 
salaries varying from $2,500 to $5,000. The Territorial Veter¬ 
inarian of Wyoming, Dr. J. D. Hopkins, who has now occupied 
the position for, we believe, a period of four years, has just 
received the appointment to a third term of office, at a salary of 
$5,000. We sincerely compliment our friend upon his reappoint¬ 
ment, but, above all, congratulate him for his success in making 
his profession so well appreciated that now the vast interests of 
the cattle-growing regions can no longer be separated from the 
care and watch of the veterinary practitioner, and not only, nor 
so much perhaps, as a practitioner of medicine, as a sanitarian. 
Who will be the next to ask if the veterinary profession 
pays ? 
VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
We have so often called the attention of our readers to this 
subject that it almost seems superfluous to present it again to 
their minds. But, after all, how great is its importance ! Who 
shall say a depreciating word in the matter ? We received a let¬ 
ter on the subject which we published some time ago, and to-day 
