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SHOEING. 



inflammation also produces another 

 very marked effect, namely, that of sep- 

 arating the wall from the sole, or what 

 is termed becoming shelly. Sometimes, 

 if the shoes are badly fitted and made 

 too wide at the heels (as explained un- 

 der the head of " Contraction "), they 

 will soon cause a weak, bad condition 

 of the heels, the quarter gradually giv- 

 ing way or breaking down ; and if the 

 foot is at all flat, the sole and frog be- 

 come liable to settle, or are made con- 

 vex. 



One of the most marked cases of this 

 kind the writer ever saw was that of a 

 cart-horse, brought to his notice in 

 Central Pennsylvania. The feet were 

 broad and flat, with the heels drawn 

 in to a point so that there was scarcely 

 any bearing of them upon the shoe. 



The result 



Fig. 555.— The Foot of a Pony thai 



had been Calked, Referred to in 



Text, after the Inflammation 



had Subsided, Growing 



Nearly a Quarter of 



an Inch Larger. 



Fig. 556.-»The Foot Drawn in and 

 Deformed from Long-continued In- 

 flammation Caused by a Nail be- 

 ing Driven into the Foot, the 

 Hoof Growing About Half an 

 Inch Larger after the In- 

 flammation Subsided. 



of this was that the horn wore or 

 broke away until the line of bearing 

 was over an inch above that of the frosf. 

 To remedy the difficulty the calks Avere 

 raised correspondingly high to keep the 

 frog from the ground. (See Fig. 594.) 

 This horse traveled with great diffi- 

 culty, even on a walk. 



The course most likely to give suc- 

 cess in the management of these cases, 

 is to use a wide shoe that will give a 

 large bearing-surface to the weak parts, 

 and sustain them. Of course, nothing 

 more should be cut away from the 

 heels than is sufficient to only level 

 them a little. Special care should be 

 taken to prevent them from breaking 

 and wearing down by the shoe, which 

 may be done by placing a piece of 

 leather between the bearing-surface 

 and shoe. As the horn will usually be 



