About six months ago, four officers of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association requested a conference with some of the officials of the Illinois Agricultural Association, which is the state farm bureau organization. A story on successful swine raising had appeared in the Illinois Agricultural Association's publication the Record. One of the pictures published with the story showed a group of farmers vaccinating their own pigs. The veterinarians felt, that, in addition to this picture, some of the advertising the Farm Bureau Serum Association had been using in the Record was objectionable.

An interesting case of abnormal development in a purebred Hereford bull calf was observed at the Stange Memorial Clinic during the first month of the winter quarter. This calf was admitted to the clinic on Jan. 6, 1949, and was six weeks old at that time. While not especially underweight for its age, the calf was abnormally short and compressed. There was a history of extensive bloating since birth and this condition was evident at all times while the calf was in the clinic.