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and therefore that will be above, and the 

 inch and a quarter of good hoof, having 

 grown in the pasture the summer before, 

 will be below, and that you will find if the 

 foot is examined in the spring. I have 

 observed it in scores of farmers' horses, in 

 the spring, when there happened to be 

 snow on the ground, which washed the 

 feet in coming to town and exposed the 

 grain of the hoof to view as they were 

 standing on the street. It was the great 

 difference in the hoof grown in the open 

 air from the hoof grown in an ordinary 

 stable that attracted my attention, and 

 when I found I could preserve this open 

 air character, and continue its growth 

 during the whole year, I determined to 

 test its strength practically, and the result 

 I have already stated. 



