790 THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



whose soles were convex (comble), and which went lame with long shoes. My method has 

 also preserved those horses which had a tendency to thrush (vulgo, fie) and canker of the 

 frog (empanel). &quot; 



The GrOOdenough Shoe. This shoe is made upon the principle that the proper wav, 

 to shoe a horse s foot is to permit the frog to rest upon the ground; the inventor, whosp 

 name it bears, having this idea of frog-pressure in mind, succeeded in producing a shoe that 

 has been extensively used and highly recommended by the best authorities on farriery. 



It is stated by those who have become most familiar with its use, that corns, quarter- 

 cracks, thrush, shrunken frogs, contracted heels, and many other of -the evil effects of improper 

 shoeing, have been cured by the use of this shoe alone, without any other application. 



This shoe is always applied cold, and is fitted by cutting out just enough of the crust to 

 have it fit in well, being imbedded as it were in the crust, and leaving the sole and frog as 

 much exposed as possible, neither of which are ever cut. It is a very light shoe with five 

 calks or bearings, a lower surface similar in form to the natural foot, and is bevelled on both 

 surfaces, the nail-holes being counter-sunk. 



Mr. Russell, present Secretary of Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, says of this shoe: 

 &quot;My reason for using the Goodenough shoe was because it kept the principle continually 

 before the man who was shoeing, and enabled him to shoe the horse with frog-pressure. The 

 heel of the Goodenough Shoe is drawn thin. It is a rolled shoe, and it is rolled thin. The 

 shoe is also bevelled on each side. It is bevelled on the foot-surface, the part of the shoe 

 that goes against the foot; so that the bearing of the horse comes upon the outer wall of the 

 hoof entirely. It is bevelled on the inside, which prevents the balling of snow, or suction in 

 mud ; which is a very important matter. And then, in rolling up, it is corrugated. There 

 are three depressions in which the nails are counter-sunk, so that the heads of the nails do 

 not strike the ground until the shoe is very well worn down. Any man who will take the 

 pains can shoe his horse in the same way without the use of any special shoe for that 

 purpose.&quot; 



The Charlier System. This is an improved French method of shoeing horses, and 

 consists simply of a little rim of iron put about the hoof, set in a groove, so that the whole 

 bottom of the horse s foot, frog, bars, sole, and all, comes upon the ground the same as if the 

 animal were barefoot, the shoe serving as a protection to the rim or crust of the hoof. This 

 mode of shoeing makes a very nice job, requiring the best workman to execute it satis 

 factorily, and would doubtless prove too expensive to become generally adopted in this 

 country. 



Shoe Tips. These are a narrow, thin, crescent-shaped protection for the front por 

 tion of the hoof, which is that part most readily worn away. They leave the sole, bars, 

 frog, quarter, and heel entirely untouched, the hoof having no artificial protection except at 

 the front, as previously indicated. They are highly recommended by those who have used 

 them, and approach the nearest to bare feet of any method of shoeing. Mr. Murray says 

 of them: 



&quot; They are a most excellent form of shoe. I speak from experience, and not from theory 

 alone. I have used horses of eleven hundred pounds weight, in farm-work and ordinary 

 family service, on the road, for months together, with no protection to their feet save these 

 tips, and found that their feet, which, at the beginning of the experiment, were in a most 

 unsatisfactory condition, grew strong and well; and I recommend this form of shoeing to all 

 my readers whose horses are exercised or worked in the country. Indeed, I am under the 

 impression that the feet of many horses would need no other protection even for city service. 

 It is astonishing how fast the foot will develop and increase when once brought in contact 

 with the ground. Take off those high-heeled shoes from your horse, friend, which you have 



