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series of lectures on the horse’s foot and shoeing:, stable 
management, &c. There is an extensive forge, with four 
pair of bellows in the establishment, and model shoes are 
exhibited, which will not injure the foot or interfere with its 
growth and development. 
<( The stables are so drained by perforations through the 
floors, that the beds of the animals are hardly ever allowed to 
be wet; and, when damp, they are thoroughly dried in a 
room through which a pipe containing hot air passes. The 
stables are kept sufficiently warm by the same process, for 
they are so large and airy that artificial heat is needed in 
cold weather. 
“ The whole establishment, which has already a consider¬ 
able number of horses, is almost as neat and clean as a 
dwelling-house. The stall is so arranged that the feed and 
water are supplied at the horse’s head, and from the outside, 
by opening a trap-door, so that it is not necessary to enter his 
stall at all. By this means much time is saved and risk 
avoided in the case of vicious animals. There are three 
compartments in the manger, one for hay, one for oats or 
other feed, and one for water. Each stall is ventilated by a 
chimney immediately over it. The stalls are all sheeted 
with iron, to prevent the horses biting them. For sick and 
lame horses there are splendid box-stalls. Horses labouring 
under infectious or contagious diseases are not admitted. 
In this establishment horses in health are boarded and taken 
care of for owners in a superior style. 
ec There is a consulting-room, and a registration-office for 
the registry of horses for sale, where the colour, height, age, 
qualifications, price, warranty, &c., will be stated in a ledger 
kept for the purpose. 
<e Dr. Ralston, the director of the institute, is eminently 
qualified for the important task he has assumed. He has 
been for twenty years a cavalry officer in the British army, 
is a graduate of the Royal Veterinary College, and member of 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and was for 
several years in charge of the veterinary department of the 
cavalry of India, and Cavalry Veterinary Surgeon of the 
Royal Army, England. 
“ From this institution great benefit is expected, espe¬ 
cially to the interests of agriculture. The veterinary schools 
of Europe are supported and fostered by the governments 
for their acknowledged utility, and their distinguished pro¬ 
fessors rewarded by signal marks of favour. Let our veteri¬ 
nary schools and professors be sustained by the people. 
The human medical schools have derived a large amount of 
