Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee, 
763 
Time was lost by several of the competitors in " filing " up the shoes, an 
unnecessary waste of labour, in the case of draught horses at least. 
In the viva-voce examination on the simple anatomy of the foot great 
ignorance was showi, Ly tflc majority of the competitors. 
Tim.! (TC'jp'.eil: longest, 51 minutes; shortest, 24 minutes; average, 
•jCi minutes. 
Class If. Harness Horses. — Here again, in only isolated instances did 
the men attempt to draw the nails prior to the removal of the shoe. 
In preparing and dressing the feet, in only one case was the drawing 
knife used to e.vcess, the men erring on the side of doing too little rather 
than too much. 
The " fitting," speaking generally, was either carelessly or too rapidly 
carried out ; in only a few was a proper bed secured for the shoe, and this 
often at the risk of burning the foot to too great an extent. 
The nails were evenly driven, but not always well distributed ; in many 
cases the heads of the nails were not properly buried in the fullering, and the 
number was not sufEcient in several of the feet considering their size. 
The rasp was brought into very constant requisition to rob the crust and 
to bring it down into apposition with the edge of the shoe — a most per- 
nicious system. 
Several very good " firemen " appeared in this competition ; but, speaking 
generally, the best mechanics were not necessarily found to bo the best all- 
round men. The hind shoes kept for inspection were notall that could be de- 
sired, and owing to the quality of the iron (" hollow ") many were " ripped.'' 
Some of the shoes were fitted much too wide and too long in the heels, 
and a few were very much " sprung " at this point. 
In the viva-voce examination two of the farriers answered particularly 
well, the majority showing better form than in Class 1. 
Time occupied : longest, 40 minutes ; shortest, 27 minutes ; average, 
31 minutes, John Bell. 
E. E. Bennett. 
XXXV. — Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee., 1889. 
April, 1889. 
1. Mr. W. Hipwell, of Hillside, Sharnbrook, Bedford, sent 
for analysis two samples of linseed-cake — the first on July 31, 
1888, the second on August 31. On these respectively Dr. 
Voelcker reported as follov?s : — 
" Aug. 
8, 1888. 
Sept. 6, 1888. 
A. 
B. 
Moisture <••••• 
12-72 
12-84 
Oil 
12-40 
12-03 
' Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming 
matters) ... . . 
[.2 1-25 
2375 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre . 
Woody fibre (cellulose) . , 
^ Mineral matter (ash) . , , . 
33 39 
30-87 
7-07 
8-13 
10-17 
12-38 
10000 
100 00 
> Containing nitrogen , , • 
3-88 
3-80 
* Including sand , , . ■ 
4-40 
7-14 
