THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



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iron is nailed around the top to protect tlie edges of the 

 wood. I la^^ the rasp behind the bail. I like this pattern 

 better than any I have ever seen. — By Billy Blacksmith. 



Fig. 19.— Horseshoer's Tool Box. 



Horseshoer's Tool Box. 



The inclosed sketches will, I think, make the construction 

 and proportions of two handy shoeing- boxes intelligible. The 



Fig. 20.— One Style of Horseshoer'§ Tool Box. 



boxes are carried by the hand placed under the till at the 

 top. The box shown in Fig. 20 is what may be called a 

 double box, while that of Fig. 21 might be termed a single 



