ON SHOEING. 41 - 



The plan to be pursued in shoeing a perfect 

 foot will be as follows : 



To pare the wall just sufficient to make it 

 level ; to pare the sole as much as v/ill be ne- 

 cessary to remove the dead surface which en- 

 deavours to detach itself by scaling off, sponta- 

 neously ; the frog to be cleared of its ragged 

 edges ; the heels not to be scooped out, nor 

 notched in any way whatever. The shoe for a 

 sound foot to be about three quarters of an inch 

 broad in the web, and of an equal thickness 

 from toe to heel ; the surface next the hoof to 

 be half flat and half bevilled, except at the 

 heels, which should be entirely flat, so as to 

 press on the bars as well as on the heels. 



The nails should be eight in number, four 

 on each side, and inserted principally near the 

 front of the hoof so as to leave the heels as 

 much at liberty as possible. 



