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to Government. Veterinary Officers were asked to contribute their
publications to the Agricultural Journal of India, but this journal
was not circulated to any appreciable extent among workers in the
veterinary profession. He regarded it as an unsuitable journal for
veterinary articles and considered that this ruling of Government
had disappointed many members of the service.

    Mr. Smith believed that a journal especially published for veteri-
nary workers in India would be much more acceptable to veterinary
workers in general. He had experience in editing a trade journal
(on dairying) and found difficulty in obtaining material after a few
issues, even from the very people who had promised support. How-
ever it must be freely admitted that the problem of the ox was an
universal one throughout India, unlike crops, which varied in
distribution and in nature according to local conditions, climatic
and otherwise. The ox was present everywhere so that it was of
prime interest to the whole population, and not a matter of mere
local interest. Next in importance to the ox itself was the disease
of the ox, for the cultivator depended upon the efficiency of the
ox to carry out his work. He believed that the institution of central
advisory bodies to deal with the various problems connected with
the disease of the ox would be a tower of strength to the community,
and that the more centralized the control of disease was made, the
more powerful would be the opinions of this board.

    Mr. Ware asked Mr. Edwards how he proposed to undertake
the conduct of the journal with the present numbers of officers in
the department.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinson described how it might be pos-
sible to undertake the work of the Indian Journal of Medical Re-
search, published four times a year, if three professional workers
devoted to it a part of their time.

    Mr. Edwards, in reply to Mr. Ware's question as to ways and
means for conducting the journal, stated that probably one original
note or article would become available at Muktesar for each quarterly
issue and he expected that at least one would be available from the
provinces. In addition, summaries of articles published elsewhere
in journals and reviews of literature dealing directly and indirectly
with matters of interest to veterinary workers in India would be
utilized to make up the rest of the journal. With regard to staff,
even if he did not obtain help from without, there were five pro-
fessional workers of Imperial grade sanctioned for the staff at
Muktesar. If these workers were to keep abreast with the infor-
mation published in connection with the calling in which they
professed to be competent, then they ought to possess an inti-
mate acquaintance with the scientific literature and a sufficient