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getting ill. Keep tliis on until the hoof grows over. The 

 hoof will grow an inch in about ten weeks. The horse 

 should not be put to hard labor. When tlie crack extends 

 doum the whole hoof, and into the sensitive part of the foot, 

 wash it out with the chloride of zinc lotion, {see Remedies^] 

 until bleeding ceases, then bind the parts together by wires, as 

 in sewing up a wound. Give the horse perfect rest until the 

 union is complete, and then remove the wires. Dr. Dadd 

 claims to have done the same thing successfully with waxed 

 threads. The crack had better be covered with pitch, and a 

 bar shoe worn. To prevent a partial crack from extending the 

 wliole length of the hoof, draw lines with a red hot iron in the 

 shape of a V, from the coronet to the crack. These lines 

 should only be through the outer crust of the hoof. 



Hoof Rot is a very common and annoying complaint. 

 English writers call it pumice foot; and some American writers, 

 tender foot, but no horse's foot is tender unless diseased or injured. 

 It often causes various other diseases of the foot and joints, and 

 is as often caused by them. Its symptoms are a dry rot of the 

 bottom of the feet, which appears chalky, and may be dug out 

 with the knife. The frog sinks away, and the ankle joints are 

 swollen at times, after long standing. If caused by some other 

 disease, that must be first treated. The direct treatment for the 

 hoof rot is, after cleaning out all the decayed matter from the 

 bottom of the foot, pare down the frog and sides of the hoof 

 and apply the corrosive liniment four times a week, for two 

 weeks. Moisten the horn twice a day, with glycerine ointment. 

 {See Remedies). Now shoe the horse with a dish shoe ; that is, a 

 bar shoe having the web hollowed out like the sides of a dish ; 

 the only part which touches the ground being the rim of the 

 inner circle, or else with a light shoe, thick in the web, but 

 narrow. A stopping, of leather or gutta percha, forming a 



