THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



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lating* its growth. This plan has never failed with me yet. 

 —BijC. K. S. 



Shoeing Contracted Feet. 



To shoe for contracted feet I pare the toe down all I dare, 

 leaving- the heel as high as I can ; then, in fitting- the shoe, 



Fig. 63 — Showing a Shoe made by a Common but Faulty Method. 



instead of turning- the heel in as a good many smiths do, I 

 turn it out and nail the shoe on in the ordinar3^ way. But 



Fig. 64— Proper form of Shoe for Contracted Feet. 



when this is done, I take a pair of tong-s, and, placing them 

 between the heels, spread the heels just a little. This will 



