THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



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larg'e. One wants but few tools in them, and these should 

 stick out handy to be seen and seized. A square bottom 

 causes the a<"cumalation of paring-s and old nails. With 

 sloping- sides these can be brushed out without emptying* 

 the nail boxes above. — By Will Tod. 



An Improved Rest for a Horse's hoot. 



The accompanying- illustration, Fig. 28, represents a device 

 for a horse's foot to rest on while the smith draws down the 



Fig. 2.5.— Horseshoer''s Tool Box, contributed by " Now and Then." 



clinches. It is easil}^ made and is a great improvement on 

 the old style of foot rests with three legs. To make this 

 new rest take first a piece of hardwood x^lank 28 inches 

 long and 12 inches wide. Make a 2x4 inch hole, three inches 

 from the end of the plank, and place in it the upright piece, 

 2x4 inches and 18 inches long, as shown in the illustration. 

 Make the top of this piece a little rounding, and run an iron 

 brace from the plank to the piece. Make four pins from 

 f-inch round iron and drive one of them in each corner of the 



