The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-24
AUBURN MECCA FOR PLANTERS Summer School Begins
 There. LIVE STOCK IS DISCUSSED Veterinarians in a Round Table
 Talk. Insfitute Will Run Through Several Days And Handreds of AIa- bama Farmer. VIII Hear
 Experts. 
BY TARLETON COLLIER.

Experfs. BY TARLETON COLLIER. Album, July 23-(Special)- )-Each train that stops at Auburn unloads de- tachments of farmers from every sec tion of the state. bound for the seventh l annual farmers summer school which opened here today, to continue in ses- sion until Saturday. July 21. I In spite of crop 'in the grass" in spite of the fact that a number of the most prominent farmers of Alabama have engagements to fill. in their capacities as legislators. at the capitol | next week. the attendance will be, from indications. as great this year as 1t was last season, when nearly 800 were enrolled.
 The attendance on the opening ses- sion today was equal to expectations. with numbers a little ahead of the | initial attendance of last season. The | full quota of farmers will not arrive | until Monday or Tuesday. however. The first two days are to be devoted to veterinary work. Those attending today and tomorrow are mostly veterinary surgeons of Alabama, with a sprinkling of the earliest of the far mers. whose stock raising makes for
  and clinics.
 The Alabama Veterinary Medical Association, composed of the veteri- narians of the state, were in charge of the proceedings today. and will hold with their lectures, papers and clinics tomorrow.
 Veterinarians Meet. The session was called to order, as the second annual meeting of the Ala bama Veterinary Medical Association, by pr. c. A. Cary, State Veterinarian, and secretary and treasurer of the as- sociation, in the absence of the presi- dent, pr. A. H. French. and the vice. President. Ward Giltner. It is expect ed that one or the other of the of- ficials will reach Auburn today. A program. consisting of technical papers by well known state veteri- narians, was partly delivered follow ing an address of welcome to the visi tors by pr. c. C. Thach, president of the Alabma Polytechnic Institute. The remainder of the program will be rem dered tomorrow. It consisting, in the entirety, as follows:
 Septic Metritisr-Dr. W. A Scott: City Meat Inspection--E. M Dun- can.
 Treatment of Tetanus4-Dr. Joseph Patt
 Echinaceae Angustifolia in the Treat ment of Influenza-Dr. G. W. Brown | ing.
 Chorea in Dogs-Dr. I. S. McAdory. Diffreptial Diagnosis of Colics,-Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen.
 Treatment of Azoturia-Dr. M. F. Jackson.
 Diffrential Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteo-Porosis--Dr. W. D. Staples. Differential diagnosis and Treatment of Sunstroke in Horses and Mules pr. D. A. Piatt.
 Report of cases and discussion. Volunteer papers.
 Symptoms of Rabies in Animals Dr. J. c. Schwenke.
 Tick Eradication in Alabama-Dr. J. A. Kiernan.
 Tomorrow poly-clinic will be held at Veterinary College of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute here. Tick Eradication. Among the notable features of the program will be, for tomorrow, a paper on tick eradication, and its progress in Alabama. by Dr. J. A. Kiernan, the United States veterinarian in charge of the war on cattle ticks in Ala | bama, Mississippi and Tennessee. It is anticipated that the paper will be l received with the greatest of interest. l inasmuch as the matter of tick sradica- l tion Is an issue of vital importance to the stock men of the state at present.
 In the course of an informal ad- dress to the Association this morning pr. c. A. Cary, state veterinarian, re- vealed interesting facts anent the tick war. Through his efforts five counties of the state have been quarantined, among them Montgomery county, so that no cattle are allowed to go in- side their borders. or to be sent out, without being subjected to a rigid examination, which will prove that the animals are without infection. The counties in which the tick infection Is the greatest, and is which quaran- tine methods are in force are Mont gomery, Lowndes. Dallas. Wilcox and Fillmore.
 According to pr. Cary the railroads at times offer obstacles to the enforce ment of the quarantine, mainly through their failure 10 rigntly intsrpret & tne stoned the State veterinary authori- ties by the action of the roads in ship ping cattle into or from the quaran" tined sections. This has largely been the corporations. now, he told and there is little to prevent the most rigid enforcement of the tick laws.
 Dr. Kiernan was not in Auburn to- day, but will arrive tomorrow morning. Several tick experts. in the government employ, were present today, however Dr. H. B. Ttllam. pr. II. E. Curry pr. Zumwalt and Dr. J. F.. Bender.
 On the program numbers delivered today. that of Dr. w. A. Scott. of Co., lumhus. Ga. on Septic Metritis" was the first. Dr. G. W. Browning. of Mont gomery, read a paper on "Echinacae Angustifola in the Treatment of Influ- enza," showing the introduction of a comparatively little used drug into the field of animal materia medica.
 Tetanus in Animals.
 A round table discussion of the treat ment of tetanus in animals was led by Dr. C. A. Cary. and one other paper that of pr. I. s. McAdory. of Auburn. treating on chorea, or St. Vitus' dance. in dogs. completed the program for the afternoon al least. though a short clin- ic, involving a demonstration in which the removal of a tumor from a mule was effected. in the presence of the as- sembled attendants on the association meeting.
 Tomorrow the clinics will be more extensive. and many of the visiting
 
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