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SHOEING. 



Fig. 536. — Ordinary English Shoe. 



is not sufficient blood 



to grow sound, tough, 



healthy horn. On 



this account the only 



reliable and practical 



cure is opening the 



quarters sufficiently 



to remove pressure 



until the new horn is 



grown, which can be 



done to any degree 



desired, as follows : 



First, cut down be- 

 tween the bar and the 



frog of the inner 



quarter, as explained 



for contraction, until 



it will yield readily 



to pressure. Next cut 



away the edges of the wall to the end of the split ; then make a 



crease with the firing-iron at the edge of the hair. If the spilt ex- 

 tends well up into the coronary band, this can be omitted, and in- 

 .stead, the iron touched lengthways with the split. If, however, the 



quarter is properly 

 opened, such inter- 

 ference with the firing- 

 iron will be unneces- 

 sary, as the horn 

 would usually grow 

 down sound without 

 it. Now, fit a shoe as 

 explained for contrac- 

 tion, putting a clip 

 only upon the inner 

 side (as shown in Fig. 

 585). The opposite 

 side is to be nailed 

 well back to counter- 

 balance it. When the 

 shoes are nailed on, 

 with the spreaders 

 open the quarter all 



Fig. 537.— Bearing-ourface of Ordinary English Shoe. 



