THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



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side and take care not to rasp the foot quite to the shoe, so 

 that the shoe itself will not be apt to strike. Considerable 

 judg'ment is necessary to be exercised upon the part of the 

 smith to be successful in cases of this kind. Nothing- short 

 of experience will take him through. It should be remem- 

 bered that sometimes a horse cuts with the heel ; othei' 

 times it is with the toe, hence it is not alwavs necessary to 

 fit the shoe narrow at both toe and heel. It is w^ell, how- 

 ever, to do so on the first trial. — By G. W. D. 



A Cure for Interfering— A Calk Swage. 



A few words on the subject of interfering may be of inter- 

 est for the reason that it is a matter on w^hich no two shoers 



Fig. 87— A Shoe for Interfering Horses. 



agree. What will cure one horse will often cause another 

 to interfere. In ordinary cases paring the foot perfectl}^ 



