The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-12-30
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NEWS

Thy Associated Press to The Rannerl
COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 2S = In the
last FIVE years, enrolment of students
in veterinary colleges and schools in
the country decreased from $3.50 to
GAL.
An alarming shortage Of veterinar.
ians in the United States is immi.
nent.
These are assertions in formal
statement made here today by David
s. White, dean Of the college Of vet
erinary medicine at Ohio State Uni
versity.
In 1916, according to Dean White,
there were 81 veterinary schools in
the country; today there are but ID,
and of the students enrolled in them,
only 1913 are freshmen.
"The average time a veterinarian
spends in his profession is 20 years,
and to maintain only the present su-
ply-there are about 10000 practicing
in the United States and Canada
each year 500 veterinarians should be
graduated from schools of the coun-
try, the statement declared.
"The average number of veterInar-
ians being turned out each year from
colleges is about $50, or less than two
fifths required to supply the demand,
which is sure to be reestablished
when the country again is stabilized,
and live stock values and interests
return to normal"
The prevalent idea that since the
advent of the motor vehicle, veter-
inarians are not needed, it fallacious,
Dean White declared.
Admittedly, urban street transpor-
tation very largely is motorized" he
continued. However, the pinnacle
of motorization seems to have been
reached, as many business firms are
substituting horse for motor haulage,
especially for short hauls.
Experience has shown that the
number of horses displaced by, trac.
tors on farms ranges from one-fifth to
one-fourth; but If we grant, for the
sake of argument, that one-third OF
the horses on farms, of more than
100 acres be displaced by tractors
one per farm, 1t would require 2,673,
345 tractors, which, averaging $1,000
each, would cost the farmers the stu
pendous sum of $2,673,345,0O0.
1.-THE number of horses and mules
displaced would be 6,39S,269 valued
at $64O,51s,S70. To completely mo
torize the farms, therefore, woult
cost four times as much as 1t woult
to leave them horsed. The life Of the
tractor is three to five years. The
average working life of farm horse
is IL years. The average working
life of farm horse is IL years. NJ
saving in labor is affected by the trac
tor, nor are larger crops raised by IT
use. The young man who contem
plates entering upon veterinary ca
reer need have no hesitancy as t
finding plenty of animals, including
horses, to engage his professional du
ties. -
"The live stock industry of tn
United States Is valued at nearly tel
billions of dollars. The animal losse
from disease to this industry are near
ly three hundred million dollars. TIL
only mechanism available to proven
the annihilation of the live stock In
dustry is the veterinary profession
which, through its national, state an
municipal organizations, has not onl
kept out Of the country number G
dangerous animal plaques, but ha
controlled and eradicated many ser
Gus infectious diseases which appear
ed within the country"
. Seventeen potato growers In Obi
have received certificates from tn
! state bureau of plant industry to Sc
certified seed next shsing. Thes
growers will have approximately 730
bushels OF seed for distribution, whic
will be sufficient to plant 500 acre
of potatoes.
+ Potato seed certihcation In Ohio
4 comparatively new in Ohio. Durif.
4 1920, eleven growers raised certifie
: seed, and their total production wa
: $500 bushels.
+ More than rs requests were mad
to the Ohio State Bureau OF Plant Il
q dustry last June for inspections ,