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concussion. A horse thus shod, no matter how bad 

 liis corns may 1)p, will travel sound and with perfect 

 ease, that otherwise shod would be decidedly 

 lame. 



In sli(wiii(//i>r (junrter-oricl-s care and judgment is 

 requirod. The horse should be shod precisely on 

 the same principles as for corns ; a bar-shoe often 

 recommended, is unnecessary. 



Properly shod, there will be but little trouble in 

 gi'owing out a sound hoof. The least jiressure upon 

 the heel of the shoe will be sufficient to prevent the 

 hoof from growing down, and thus defeat any efforts 

 which may be made toward remedying the injury. 

 So soon as three-eighths or half an inch of new horn 

 Las grown down, the roof should be burned with a 

 i-ed-hot iron just above the crack, at right angles 

 with it, which will prevent its breaking up anew. A 

 little tar or hoof ointment should be kept upon the 

 part, which will protect it from dirt and assist in 

 liastening the growth of the neAV horn, usually re- 

 quii'ing six to nine months for the crack to grow 

 out. 



33 — STRIKING AND KICKING WHILE SHOEING, 

 (ROCKWELL). 



Some horses, especially stallions, are in the habit 

 of striki)t(j with the fore legs, if the attempt is made 



