ART OF SHOEING. 



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In concluding our observations on the necessary steps to 

 be taken in preparing horses' feet for shoeing, or adjusting 

 them when going without shoes, we may state that, to pre- 

 serve proportionate depth of wall, is about the most iinpor- 



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tant part, when taken alone, to be attended to and well 

 understood of any in the whole process. 



When thoroughly understood, the adjustment of the wall 

 to its duly proportioned depth implies more than at first 

 thought appears ; it regulates the geometrical figure of the 

 foot, viz., the due degree of obliquity, breadth, length, and 

 depth of heel, and also confers efficiency to its supporting 

 arches. 



It should be understood that the inner capacity of the hoof 



