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far to prove its applicability to the members of a profession 
which, still in its infancy, as it is with us, is so much in need of 
friendly feeling among its members. 
To what extent these organizations have been successful, and 
what amount of good they are likely to produce, we are not yet 
informed. They are too young; their doings are not made suf¬ 
ficiently public ; and as we have already said, there were so many 
difficulties in the way of perfect agreement and of the removal of 
various existing grounds of discord, that it was thought that the 
great need of large concessions on the part of all concerned, would 
probably prove an insurmountable obstacle, which if not entirely 
removed, might render the attempt, if not quite abortive, at least 
very uncertain, as to any fair promise of ultimate success. 
Conventions have been held from Illinois through to Pennsyl¬ 
vania, and the movement had spread to the “ Excelsior ” State, 
New York, when through the call of some of the veterinarians 
of New York City and Brooklyn, a convention was called to be 
held in the Empire City, on the 24th of October. It would seem 
that if there was a place where success was sure to follow the at¬ 
tempt, New York was to be that place. The center of veterinary 
education, with her veterinary colleges and her societies, half of 
the work was already done. But through some unfortunate er¬ 
ror, the invitation to harmony and union has so far proved a sig¬ 
nal for wider separation, and we greatly fear that it will remain 
so. The great difficulty is found in the fact, that there has been 
already in existence, for some length of time, an incorporated 
State society, which, though counting its members only in small 
figures, yet proffers its membership to any person, qualified prac¬ 
titioners or otherwise, desiring to join it, either as active, or licen¬ 
tiate members. This society has maintained the form of regular 
monthly meetings, and though it may not have sought to attract 
public notice to its movements, has done and is yet doing, all 
that can be expected or is required of similar institutions, and it 
will doubtless keep on doing so, notwithstanding the obstacles 
which may be laid in its way, and the slurs which may be, more 
or less wisely, cast against it aud its members. The existence of 
this society, which, we believe, counts in its membership a ma- 
