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bind as far as possible the imprisoned bone, and the 

 foot kept in a bran poultice until the heat is allayed, 

 then substitute this for the cold fermentation, keep- 

 ing up the use of the SPECIFIC, B B, as above in- 

 dicated. These will be successful in the incipient 

 or milder stages of the disease. 



Sand Crack, Quarter Crack. 



This is a separation of the fibers of the hoof from 

 above downward rarely crosswise. The best treat- 

 ment is to drill two holes through each side of the 

 crack and then pass copper or iron wire through 

 them . Both ends of the wire are then to be drawn 

 and clinched down and fastened in the same way as 

 the nails in shoeing. The .crack itself is then to be 

 filled with cobbler's wax after having been thorough- 

 ly cleaned out. Give also, morning ancl night, ten 

 drops of the SPECIFIC, J J, to promote the growth of 

 the hoof. 



A yet better method is to properly prepare a 

 horse shoe nail by cutting bards along in //, from 

 head to point. Then drive the nail from one side of 

 the crack through to and beyond the other at least 

 half an inch from the crack. The clinching of the 

 point of the nail will drive the bards back and firmly 

 fasten them, and the head and point may be filed 

 down and smoothed off. A long crack should have 

 two nails. The shoe should be so fitted and the 

 hoof so pared away, as to take the bearing off from 

 the cracked portion, and as the hoof again grows 



