Rational horse-shoeing by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horseshoeing, CHR 1873, PRO Rogers, Fairman, 1833-1900 (donor)
Publisher: New York : Published by Wynkoop and Hallenbeck
Published: 1873-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

the common symptoms of contraction, and can be entirely cured with the greatest ease; nor will it ever recur if the hoof is kept in proper condition.

If the case is recent, shoe as advised in our paragraph upon " Incipient Unsoundness," being sure to cut the heel well down, putting the bearing fully upon the frog and three_ quarters of the foot. If the hoof is weak from long contraction and defective circulation, lower the heels and whole wall, until the frog comes well upon the ground, and shoe with a " slipper," or " tip," made by cutting off a light shoe just before the middle calk, drawing it down and lowering the toe-calk partially. This will seem dangerous to those who have not tried it, but it is not so. The horse may flinch a little at first, from his unaccustomed condition, and from the active life that will begin to stir in his dry, hard, and numb foot, but he will enjoy the change. The healing of the crack will be from the coronet down, and it is good practice to cut with a sharp knife just above the split, and to clean all dirt and dead substance out from the

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