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many cases it will cure the worst case of contracted feet. I would 

 recommend this shoe to be used on all government horses. 



Question, Should a horse be put in a soaking tub ? 



Answer, I do not believe in soaking horses' feet ; it is overdone. 

 There are cases where it will benefit a horse, but when carried to 

 extremes it is injurious to the animal's feet, as the more you soak 

 the drier the hoof will become. Look at the trotting horses to-day; 

 they are being soaked out every morning, and when they are seven 

 or eight years old their feet are completely ruined. One of the 

 greatest and best treatments to soften a horse's foot, and to cause it 

 to grow, is to walk the horse early in the morning through grass 

 when the dew is on it. This will cause your horse's foot to soften, 

 and start it to grow very rapidly. 



