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HORSE-SHOEING. 



Ill the county of Yorkshire, England, a feature is introduced 

 at the annual agricultural show which is certainly intimately con- 

 nected with the business of our farms which creates much in- 

 terest there, namely, a competitive exhibition of horse-shoeing 

 in a manner adapted to the different horses for which that society 

 offers premiums, and prizes are awarded by expert judges. It 

 proves a very attractive feature of the show and its usefulness 

 must be universally admitted. A member of our society, who 

 this year has visited that show, has been urged to write upon 

 this subject for our Transactions. Can we not adopt it to our 

 advantage? 



Considering the great strain, and wear, sustained by the sen- 

 sitively made foot of the horse, in the amount of work done upon 

 our hard roads, often excessively dry and of extra hardness 

 for a long period of the year, it should be our aim, in every 

 possible way to impress upon the public the importance of 

 skillful shoeing, and endeavor to increase knowledge of the 

 art. 



Were there time I might properly dwell at length upon the 

 value of our State Agricultural College as affording opportu- 

 nities for advanced education to the farmer's more ambitious 

 son ; and particularly upon its value to us as an Experimental 

 Station. It was a most wise act that founded the latter during 

 the past winter, and the extent of its future success, even 

 under the wisest management, must to a very great degree 

 depend upon the amount of money granted to be expended 

 upon it. Let us hope that we shall soon benefit by its 

 influence. 



In conclusion let me call vour attention to the following 

 figures taken from the most recent list of members of the 

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