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As, however, it is, in proportion to the nutriment contained, con- 
siderably more bulky than hay, and therefore involves more mus- 
cular exertion and a greater effort of the digestive organs, it will 
be proper to estimate it as much lower, as we value hay lower than 
corn in proportion to the nourishment contained. Accordingly we 
must estimate it at only 40s. per ton, unless indeed it contains a 
tolerable quantity of clover, which raises its value in proportion to 
the clover contained. Peas-haulm is exceedingly nutritious, and 
when well made is nearly as valuable as hay, for which therefore 
it may be readily substituted. 
Young gorse is also a profitable food for horses, and, when 
bruised in a proper machine, is very nutritious and palatable. 
THE VETERINARIAN, MARCH 1, 1850. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
The unusual length of Mr. Gloag’s paper, together with the in- 
troduction of the Hunterian Oration, has for this month shut out 
from our pages our Editorial article on discrepancy of professional 
opinion, our jurisprudence, foreign extracts, &c. 
Considering that the third and concluding portion of Mr. Gloag’s 
experiments made its appearance so far back as July last, we can- 
not compliment the members of our profession on the interest they 
have taken in a subject of such acknowledged import, and, one 
would think, of so much concern to them, as the expansion of 
the horse’s foot. What ! shall one of our body come for- 
ward in the year 1849, and tell us we have been for a century 
labouring under a heavy delusion in supposing there is any ex- 
pansion of the quarters and heels of the hoof, or any descent of the 
horny sole] And that any “systems” or modes or methods of 
shoeing founded upon such theories, however plausible they appear 
to our minds, and however well they may have worked in prac- 
tice, are in reality edifices built up of cards, founded on sand, mere 
chimeras of the imagination ] Will not the shades of Lafosse, 
James Clarke, Osmer, St. Bel, Moorcroft, Coleman, and Good- 
win, at hearing such opinions propounded, once more revisit 
