442 TREATISE ON HORSESHOEING. 



stances, not as to the shoe, but to paring the 

 hoof. All that can be removed from the inside 

 without putting the hoof out of shape ought to 

 be done. Also pare the hoof at the toe instead 

 of the heel, simply rasping it so as to form a 

 level surface. Prepare the shoe carefully in 

 accordance with the following directions, and 

 as illustrated on foregoing engraving, Fig. i : 



Make the inside twice the width and twice 

 the thickness that you do the outside, gradually 

 tapering the width and thickness from the toe- 

 calk. Make the heel-calk on the inside or heavy 

 part of the shoe, about an inch long, and length-, 

 wise from heel to toe, and incline it a little 

 inward to the frog of the foot. Don't allow 

 your shoes to remain on longer than four weeks 

 at most, and use as small nails as possible. 



