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new. A.'s lease is nearly out, and it is not worth while 

 making a change ; B. is just entering a new farm, and 

 does not wish to risk his horses being laid off work by 

 lameness ; C. thinks he may be taken up and fined for 

 cruelty to animals ; D. thinks there may be some truth 

 in it, but he will wait till some one else tries it ; and E. 

 says his horses do their work well enough as they are, 

 and so on. 



I think tips will be necessary for draught horses, for 

 some time, at any rate, especially in a hilly country, 

 where so much weight is thrown on the toes in going up 

 hill. 



I may not remain long enough in England to try 

 Nature v. The Blacksmith, but I wish every success to 

 those who have pluck enough to give the non-shoeing 

 system a fair trial. 



SANTA FK. 



APPENDIX F. 



The Teeth affecting other Organs. 



SIR, In reference to ' Free Lance's ' excellent articles 

 on horses, particularly as to the teeth of that animal 

 affecting its other members, the following case is, perhaps, 

 worthy of his knowledge. Twenty-six years ago, a valu - 

 able horse, the property of Blantyre Mill Co., became 

 rigid in all its members, and showed symptoms of lock- 

 jaw. The veterinary surgeon ordered it to be shot. At 

 this point Dr. Miller, of Hamilton, appeared on the 

 scene, and disbelieving lockjaw to be the case, ordered 

 its mouth to be examined, particularly as to overgrown 

 beaks, which was instantly done, and after the needed 

 relief was given the horse became well, as if by magic. 



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