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imperfect, neglected state, and highly deserving the attention of 
all friends of agricultural economy. 
That farriery, as it is commonly practised, is conducted with¬ 
out principle or science, and greatly to the injury of the noblest 
and most useful of our animals. 
That the improvement of farriery, established on a study of the 
anatomy, diseases, and care of animals, particularly of horses, 
cows, and sheep, will be an essential benefit to agriculture; 
and will greatly improve some of the most important branches of 
national commerce, such as wool at least. 
That the Society will consult the good of the community in 
general, and of the limits of the Society in particular, by en¬ 
couraging such means as are likely to produce the study of far¬ 
riery upon rational and scientific principles. 
That it be referred to the meeting in October to consider what 
means may be most likely to encourage the study of scientific 
farriery. 
That it be referred to the same meeting to open a voluntary 
subscription to forward such means as may be thought most likely 
to promote the study of scientific farriery. 
Odiham Society , 19 th August , 1785. 
This was the last of the meetings of the Society for the session. 
The subject was adverted to, and somewhat discussed; and before 
adjourning the meeting, the chairman thus addressed the mem¬ 
bers :—“ It is remarkable, that when so much pains have been 
taken to improve the breed of horses, cows, and sheep, that the 
health of these animals should have been so much neglected. 
That although premiums have been offered by agricultural socie¬ 
ties for the remedy of particular diseases, no proposal has been 
made systematically that went to the whole profession : in short, 
that no means have yet been taken to rescue the profession of 
farriery, taken in its most extensive sense, from the hands of men 
who are uneducated and uninformed ; and who, from the very 
nature of their circumstances, are unable to make a proper 
use of their own experience; for the very best farrier, w ho is desti¬ 
tute of medical knowledge, and medical analogies, and the science 
of relative symptoms, is unable to apply his own experience to new 
cases, and is in danger of confounding symptoms that are totally 
different, and of neglecting indications that point to the same re¬ 
medies.” 
He asserted that a more systematic knowledge of the manage¬ 
ment of sheep and cows would add greatly to the health and 
grow th of these animals, and improve the quality of the raw mu- 
