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the above resolution ? I am confident that every veterinarian in 
the land, having the interests of his profession at heart, will re¬ 
gard this resolution as tending more to frustrate, than to further 
the interests of the public, as well as of veterinary science. Will 
the National Government be likely to do much in this direction 
with the example before it of the indifferent manner in which 
this matter was treated by the representatives of the very people 
who are most interested in the progress of veterinary science ? 
“That veterinary practice in this country is quite too generally 
unscie7itific and empirical ,” is something that everybody knows, 
and is the reason why my paper was presented. I doubt “ that 
the need of educating skilled veterinarians is imperative ; 77 skilled 
veterinarians in America are generally educated men. “ The at¬ 
tention of agricultural colleges is respectfully and urgently di¬ 
rected to more vigorous efforts in this direction .” What vigor¬ 
ous efforts can be expected of these institutions who class veteri¬ 
nary science as a third or fourth-rate sub-division, and many of 
which do not even consider it worth employing a qualified veteri¬ 
narian as teacher? The inducements offered by those of the agri¬ 
cultural colleges who employ veterinary teachers, are not calcu¬ 
lated to secure the best talent; in fact, the salary offered is a 
mere pittance, the acceptance of which is next to a degradation 
to the person who accepts it. 
Until the agricultural colleges can be made to understand that 
it requires at least three veterinary professors (instead of only 
one lecturer) to teach veterinary science as it should be taught, 
to insure proper education in this branch of medical science, 
just so long will the sentence in the above resolution, calling 
upon the agricutural colleges, remain worthless. 
Yours respectfully, N. H. Paaren. 
F. S. Billings, Berlin ; J. C. McKenzie, Rochester; N. H. 
Paaren, Chicago; E. F. Thayer, Boston; N. S. Townshend, 
