The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-01-18
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Capital endorses as follows, the recon-
mendstlon of Gov. Click for the crea-
ttnn Of b sAAte Yeterinarianiit; E2aI
"The Capital is pleased TO be in cor
dial harmony with the new governor on
at least one question of public policy,
namely, tue apFoiltmelt of IA state
veterinary surgeon. r Primarily, aVeterf-1
nary surgeon is what we commonly call
a horse doctor; but in the broad gagged
lexicon of Governor Click it implies
also the treatment of cst,le. sheep and
sSiaeS sThe ! SrsFng nesesEtsI FOR en-
official %of that kind in Kansas will
readily occur to everybody, though If
there be any doubters the governors ef.
fective and really beautiful presentation
OF the matter must quickly convince
them. Somehow, we can't help think
ing the .goyerpoE is more happy and
bersuasfve 20 alie seterinary direction
tha1 in any o,her branch of his re-
n1AfkaNe pgssage He shows more
feel gSsoE ~ 81 nk agH &cloter kraspI
of the subject than We are able to detect
AveAlA 4h$elodAeUe chapter ON the i'm
oEIe on1trY fDada,,,,s,
'lrsrho natd Ualjeet in Y lew, as, the gov
ernor. admirably points out, isto furnish
protection to our live stock against con-
tagiOns, epizootic. and other Einfectiousi
diseases, "that come silently. suaek pect-.
eddy and withbat warning" as heastrik-
inely puts 1t, while we stsntf-around.
with no power IA stay the sstFe4m of
devestation." in this conuectfnh, he
works in a very graphic rGGeTence 10
"the caprieiOus coHtingeucies of spn and
sky" which the, context shows4e.be or
namentsl merely aid not as Indicating
the tssirability,p st, aching II weather.
buread to the v6setlnary depar,mCht. In
general way, as We understald it, the
idsa is to warn the iunsuspectikg-gr ang1
srS 6r4he approach Of these steadily dis.
eases, with theft OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
70. ,>tlaugurating ,'streams of dtvas,aI
ouy1"io direct what sorts of thshedIes
sho I'D be applied; and to designate the
proper precautions in sanitary1respect
by means orta system of signals, per-
hans. or by diapAt;Hing couriersthroush
the country, or possibly by 5pdicioua
useSorhandbllls aud premontsdEy dia
granA
All this is excellent so far .as-it goes,
but it seems % us-io be lacking IN the
whyd completeness. That ,,ia.t d, say,
we.Ihink the PROPOSED functions Of the
slate%eteriuarian might be ADVANTAGE
o1Sfylcnlarged, Il would not require
all ofhis timeto sit watching Tor signs
OF an Impendingr epiAootlc Nvfstia,ion;
nor yet should the added dutyqf expert,
menting as to remedies entirely deprive
him OF leisure Under the busiest cir
cumstances, he would still have time on
his hands for which he had no use, and
for which the state was paying, for we
inter that thc Veterinarian would not be
expected to serve for the mere honor of
the thing. He could therefore get in a
good deal of work beyond the limit sug-
gested by the governor, aud we see no
reason why he should not exercise a
general supervision over the matter OF
live stock and their treatment, giving
instructions, furnishing recipes, decid-
ing controversies as to pedigree, and
making himself useful IN variety OF
ways.
For example, such afunclionazy might
confer blessing on the state by estab-
fishing n uniform system of weaving
calves. There is, also room foEimprove-
ment In the present loose and variable
methods OF siirpiculture as to sheep.
We need not mention the benefit which
might be derived from having a public
officer TO appeal to for scientific dIrec-
tions Ia the matter of delicate but nee
essary spring surgical operations on
young pigs. Indeed, there are so many
opportunities of usefulness for 90 Officer
| Of that kind that re have. not space to
specify them. Suffice il to say, for th'
present, that we are fully enlisted il
this opportune and consequential move
ment for a state veterinary surgeon
The governor has struck a keynote. anC
20 little disagreements we may hsS'
with him concerning other affairs shall
stand in the way of our Jealous and per
severing support Of him IN this veterin
airy undertaking, this anti, epizoolIc pro
ject, this reaching for the sweet boon o
a state horse doctor. az sSstf