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Show Veterinary, the Requirements and Opportunities (By Dr. J. H. Frederick, velerinar-' lan. I'tah Agricultural College.) The choice of a profession Is a trying task for many young men. It! Is often a real problem. While there are a few buys who are born with a desire to follow some profession or who grow up under an influence that' tends to dired their choice, the majority ma-jority of young nnn have difficulty in deciding what their future work Bhalt be. The larger number of those who ehter the SQ-called lenrm-d profession,, do so as a result of many deciding Influences. In making a decision, Iheir personal adaplibility to the work, the necessary preliminary require ments. their financial circumstance and the oppon unities offered by the, profe.o.-ion have their Influence. In these times the element of duty en-tars en-tars into the choice because of the, need for the service to be rendered. Tbe conditions brought about by the war have emphasized the necessity of Securing a larger number of men for the tec hnical professions. First among these is the need for better and incur efficiently trained veterinarians A the reterinary profession is com paratlvely new in this country its possibilities pos-sibilities for service as well as fori personal achievement are not generally gener-ally understood. Likewise the opportunities oppor-tunities in this profession for scientific scien-tific attainment and for pub!n service are practically unknown to the highj school student The requirements of meat and .ml mal fats for food and wool and leather leath-er for clothing renders it very Important Im-portant that the losses irom disease' among domesticated animals be redui ed to a minimum. The magnitude of j an animal industry necessary to sup- j ply our nation with meat wool and leather can be appreciated fioni the fact that the estimated nlue ot pro-I ducts of animal origin for the yeai 1916 was $4,338,000,000 or 32 per cent of all tarm productions The losses from disease are exceedingly heavv In 1 191o the secretary of Agriculture estimated es-timated the direct loss from this cause to be $212,iiijo,000 and the indirect in-direct losses, which are very heav; cannot be determined at all. In add!- ' tlon to the monetary waste must be1 associated the human suffering that! results from the death of animals that were Intended to be exchanged for other food and suitable clothing The function of the veterinarian is lo elim-, inate these losses and lessen the suf 1 fering as far as possible The large number of veterinarians! called into the national army has faxed fax-ed heavily the veterinary service of' the country. Owners of live stock arei calling upon properly qualified vuuug! men to enter the-veterinary profession in order that the animal industrv ol the country may be safeguarded against the ravages of disease The work performed by the veterinarian Is always a public service but in times of war the conservation of food producing pro-ducing animals is among the actual necessities. on . |