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grown in a pasture field, and they are 

 absolutely identical. But when the horses 

 are taken from the pasture and put back 

 in their accustomed close stable, the re- 

 verse change will be observed. If the hoof 

 is washed so as to expose its surface, the 

 changes in the growth of the hoof will be 

 quite distinct. Now it will be coarser, 

 rougher, and less blue — or rather grayish 

 — and a little larger. Five months in 

 open pasture will give about one inch and 

 a quarter. Seven months of close stabling 

 will give one inch and three-quarters, mak- 

 ing about three inches as the length of 

 the hoof It is a little more than this, 

 but the difference is here practically of 

 no consequence. Now the last inch and 

 three-quarters, of course, is grown last, 



