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down, it should be again cut away between the hoof 

 and shoe w'.th a saw, so as to keep the bearing of 

 the cracked part of the hoof free. You thus rivet 

 the broken parts together, and by taking off the 

 strain allow the crack to grow out, and heal up. 

 Of course a horse with a quarter crack should only 

 be put to the most moderate work, if any, as violent 

 exercise or hard work will be sure to aggravate and 

 increase the difficulty, and may render a cure impossi- 

 .ble. 



Where a quarter crack occurs, some brittleness or 

 defect of horny deposit or growth is presumably 

 present, and to correct this and promote a healthy 

 growth of the hoof, the SPECIFIC J J, should be 

 given, a dose of fifteen drops morning and at night. 



Corns. 



A corn is a bruise upon the sole of the foot at the 

 angle between the wall and the bar, and has this 

 resemblance to the corn in the human subject, that 

 it is produced by pressure and results in lameness. 

 It may be caused by contracted feet ; cutting away 

 the bars ; too thick-heeled shoes or weak flat feet \ 

 dirt getting between the shoe and heel of the foot \ 

 or from not having the foot sufficiently pared out. 



SYMPTOMS The pressure arising from these 

 causes bursts the blood-vessels under the horn, so 

 that the angle of the foot has a blood-red 

 appearance, and feels softer than other portions 

 of the horn ; the place is painful, and, when pressed 

 upon, the animal flinches, and there is more or less 



