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EDITORIAL. 
new mode of eradication, which, after all, are the only sanitary 
measures to use. He may, again, by his microscopic examina¬ 
tions, succeed in throwing much light on doubted and unsettled 
points connected with the etiology of anthrax. 
THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
The resignation of Gen. W. LeDuc, of the position of Com¬ 
missioner of Agricultuie, having caused a vacancy in that office, 
Dr. Loring of Massachusetts has been appointed as the new Com¬ 
missioner. Well acquainted with agricultural matters, and fully 
aware of the value of veterinary science in connection with 
them, we of veterinary profession may confidently look to Dr. 
Loring for better support and recognition for the next four years 
than we have enjoyed in the past. A long step has already been 
taken within the last few months, in the formation of a Veterinary 
Bureau, and everyone knows the good that this lias already done. 
We have no doubt that the new departure already inaugurated 
will be improved by the new Commissioner, and we feel that the 
day has at last come when thorough veterinary science will re¬ 
ceive the full credit to which it is entitled. If a national Veter¬ 
inary School might ever hope for a chance for permanent exist¬ 
ence, Dr. Loring will be the man to bring it to a final realiza¬ 
tion. 
MONTHLY REPORT ON CROPS AND LIVE STOCK. 
We have received from the Department of Agriculture the 
April “ .Report upon the Condition of Crops and Live Stock.” It 
occurred to us at first that by means of these monthly reports 
upon the diseases of animals in all the different States, a very val¬ 
uable tabular arrangement nf these diseases, and their exact lo¬ 
cality, could be regularly laid before the readers of the Review, 
thus enabling members of the profession to obtain possession of 
reliable information as to the existence, locality, and extent of the 
various maladies affecting our stock. 
