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Ayrshire cow. Her sister, larger than herself, was killed. She 
has borne nine calves, twins four times, and gives about 25 quarts 
of milk per diem. 
Y ours, 
T. B. ROGERS, D.V.S. 
ADDRESS 
By Charles B. Mioiiener, D.Y.S., 
Before the Second Regular Annual Meeting of the American Veteri¬ 
nary College Alumni Association. 
Gentlemen:— To have been chosen to present the very first pa¬ 
per before this body, is a privilege which I fully appreciate, but 
had this choice fallen upon some one of our members more com¬ 
petent than myself to fulfill the appointment, it would have been 
more in keeping with the importance of the occasion. The 
choice may, after all, prove a happy one, as it will be a source of 
just pride for an alumnus of this institution in a quarter of a 
century from now to look back and notice the disparity existing 
between this and an alumnus’ essay of that period. 
I trust that you will excuse me for not taking up some ab¬ 
struse veterinary study as the subject of this paper, and bear with 
me while I notice, very briefly, the objects of this Association* 
We meet here, not socially alone, but for mutual improvement 
and the advancement of the science of veterinary medicine, and 
these questions are very apropos : 1st. Who are we ? and 2d. 
Plow come we to exist as a body'? I think that I can say with¬ 
out egotism that we are the first intelligent Veterinary Alumni 
Association of the United States. We owe our existence to the 
American Veterinary College ; and springing from that institu¬ 
tion it may be well to inquire into the reasons which gave it 
birth. 
Not very far back in the history of this country, a demand 
