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EDITORIAL. 
of the profession. It becomes an important duty on the part of 
the officers who are to be elected, as well as that of all members, 
to see that a new life is given to this Association to make it 
more worthy of its name. 
Many changes ought to be made ; the regular routine of her 
young life should be pushed aside ; efforts ought to be attempted 
to increase the number of its members, not that we consider a 
large membership necessary for the quality of the work, but there 
is little doubt that if the number of members was larger, better 
and more useful results could be expected. Then again, if the 
membership were spread more through the States than it is, the 
places of meetings could be changed, and better professional in¬ 
tercourse realized between veterinarians throughout the land. 
We hope the officers will see that the complaint which has 
been made at past meetings will not be heard again, viz.: the 
failure of committees to report upon subjects assigned them. 
There are many important subjects which the Association ought to 
take hold of, and one certainly that cannot and must not be iguored, 
is that of sanitary regulations throughout the country. The sub¬ 
jects of contagious diseases, as they exist amongst us ; the difficul¬ 
ties which are raised by European Governments against our live¬ 
stock trade on account of diseases, which do not exist in our midst ; 
the interference that official veterinarians meet with from the 
public when called upon to perform duties belonging to their 
positions—are not all these important questions, and worthy of 
the careful consideration of an Association which, on account of 
its age, if for no other reason, ought to be considered as the rep- 
resentative of the veterinary profession in the United States? 
We hope that when in our next issue we report the transac¬ 
tions of the coming meeting, it will be our pleasant duty to notice 
some steps in the proper direction toward securing for the adult 
life of the Association a greater renown than the one she has 
earned for herself during her youth, good, however, as this one 
has been. 
