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MODERN BLACKSMITHING 



several times a day for a week or two, and then turn 

 the horse out for a long run in the pasture. 



CONTRACTION 



Contraction is in itself no original disease, except in 

 a few cases. It is mostly the effect of some disease. 



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FOOT PREPARED FOR CHARTIER TIP FOOT SHOD WITH CHARTIER TIF 



Contraction follows sprains of the tendons, corns, 

 founder and navicular disease. When contraction is 

 the result of a long-standing disease of the foot or leg 

 it will be in only one of the feet, because the horse will 

 rest the affected leg and stand most of the time on the 

 healthy leg; thus the healthy foot receives more pres- 

 sure than the diseased, and is spread out more; the 

 foot becomes much uneven — they don't look like mates. 

 This kind of contraction is generally the result of some 

 chronic disease, but in most cases contraction is the 



