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MANUAL FOR ARMY HORSESHOERS. 



To curve the bar. — Hold the shoe so that one end of the bur 



rests on the edge of the face and the other on the horn of the an\il 

 and strike on the center of the upper surface. 



THE TIP. 



106. The use of the tip for contracted heels leaves the foot in 

 more nearly a state of nature than any other shoe, it is sufficient for 

 ordinary work, and is easily applied. It should be thin, only thick 

 enough to hold the nails, and not be flexible. The best tip can be 

 made from an old shoe uniformly worn, the quarters being cut oif 

 just in front of the fourth nail hole. Using the rasp across the toe, 

 lower the toe the desired amount as far back as the tip extends. 

 The heels of the tip should be thinned. If after the tip is secured 

 in place the walls back of the tip extend below its ground surface, 

 they can easily be lowered level with the tip by use of rasp. 



The tip may be made from bar steel . In such cases two nails on 

 a side are sufficient, the nail holes being punched to correspond to 

 the first and third nail holes of a service shoe. 



