iSO THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



strictly level, or plain, by a straightedg-e, tlie result being 

 that inside of a week the horse went perfectly sound and 

 the sheer w^as looked upon by its owner as a most wonder- 

 ful man. The old shoes have been kept, and it is my belief 

 that the inside of the web at the heels is fully one-eig-hth of 

 an inch lower than at the outside ! On such a shoe the foot 

 was practically in a dish, to be pinched as by a vise at each 

 ste^.—By S. W. Goodyear. 



Corns in Horses' Feet. 



What is a corn in a horse's foot, and what are the 

 causes of it ? In attempting- to answer this question 1 

 would sa}^ in the first place, that misplaced blood pro- 

 duces the corn appearance, on the same principle as a 

 bruise. Tlie blood settles under the nail of a jammed 

 fing-er. It 4s similar in a horse's foot. When the hoof 

 gTows down and the bottom of the foot has been cut off 

 times enoug'h to show the corn or red appearance, every 

 one with common consent says the horse has corns. It 

 IS blood out of place which gives the corn or red color. 

 The horse inigiit have been lame months before the corn 

 made its appearance on the bottom, in the ang-le between 

 the ci-ust of hoof and bar. 



It is said that the cause of corns is bad shoeing, shoes 

 badly fitted, short shoes, overmuch cutting- away of the 

 heel, etc, etc. Usuall}^, I think, these hurts are the 

 results of letting- shoes stay on a long-er time than they 

 oug-ht at one setting-. The shoe g-oes forward with the 

 g-rowth of the foot, and the heel of the shoe drops off into 

 the ang-le between the crust and the bar. 



Fever in the foot for an}^ cause, such as improper 

 w^atering, feeding-, sudden chills, an unusual drive, with 

 improper care when released or stabled^ in fact, from 



