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should commence to project a little beyond the edge of the 

 wall, and at the heel should show about one-eighth of an inch 

 of projection. If the heels of the shoe are brought in even 

 with the edge of the wall, in a very short time, by the groAvth 

 of the toe forward, they will be drawn so far forward that the 

 crust around the heel will project over the shoe, and the heel 

 of the shoe will become imbedded in the inside of the wall, on 

 the heel of the sole, and corns will be the consequence. 



Neglecting to pare out the dead horn in the angle between 

 the crust and bar will allow the shoe to press on it, causing 

 this malady. 



For further consideration of this subject, see the article on 

 shoeing. I must remark, however, that too much attention 

 can not be given to the subject of shoeing. It is often neg- 

 lected at the expense of a valuable horse. 



Treatment.— -The paring out of the corn, recommended in 

 conducting the examination of the case, is also necessary to 

 the treatment. Every particle of the affected horn of the' 

 sole must be pared out, down to the sensitive sole. By this 

 means the bruised part of the sensitive sole is exposed. If 

 blood or matter is present, it can then escape. If sinuses, or 

 pipes, have formed by the matter burrowing under the sole, 

 they are to be treated as quitter, which see. But if the case 

 is simply a corn, after the horny sole is pared away from over 

 the point bruised, as close to the sensitive sole as possible, 

 being careful not to wound it, take a plug of tow, and dip it in 

 pitch and press it firmly into the cavity. Healthy horn will 

 then be formed in place of that before diseased. A thick 

 shoe should be put on, well chambered over the seat of the 

 corn, to prevent it from pressing on it. A bar shoe might be 

 worn for a short time, to make the shoe sufficiently strong not 

 to break where it is thinned over the corn. 



