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It may, perhaps, appear to some to be too cheap to 

 be of any use. The writer, however, has had proofs 

 in the correspondence which his remarks have called 

 forth in the ' Farm Journal,' that the horsey world 

 is still as uneasy on the subject of shoeing as it 

 ever has been, and that a certain portion of it is 

 open to receive new ideas, and, at least, give them 

 consideration. Another proof that the system of 

 shoeing followed at the present day is not universally 

 satisfactory, is to be deduced from the fact that at 

 a council meeting of the Eoyal Agricultural Society 

 of England, held May 5 of the present year (go 

 back for a century, or bring it down to present date, 

 it always resolves itself into the same thing at last), 

 it is reported that ' a letter from Mr. Kobert Mynors, 

 suggesting the republication of "Miles on the Shoe- 

 ing of the Horse" as a sixpenny pamphlet, was read and 

 referred to the " Journal " committee, on the motion 

 of Sir Brandreth Gribbs, seconded by Mr. Bowley.' 



Miles, as has before been stated, was seeking 

 only to secure the benefits resulting from expansion. 

 He did not fully grasp the question, because he 

 was, like all others, blinded, or semi-blinded with 

 iron ; but he tried to reduce the excessive number 

 of nails then, as now, used in fastening on the shoe. 

 He failed in establishing his system, because it was 

 not even as much as a half-measure ; and the society 

 in question will do no better with it on this very 

 account. The sixpenny pamphlet of Mr. Stevens, 

 which is ready-made, and at hand, is far more worthy 

 of their attention and patronage, especially when we 



