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THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



foot, not the foot to the shoe. Do not fit the mside of the 

 shoe under the foot, and the outside full, but keep the 

 inside of the shoe full and instead of putting- a clip on the 

 outside of the shoe put it on the inside of the shoe, about 

 one-third the lenglh of the shoe from the heel. I have 

 found that this plan will stop the worst kind of cases of 

 interfering* if the ankles are not too badly swollen. — By 



Gr. F. J. 



Curing an Interfering Horse. 



Some time ago a 3^oui]g man came into my shop with a 

 fine black filh^ that Avas interfering badly, and asked me if 

 I could cure her. Looking at the animal's legs I remarked 



Fig. 94 — A Shoe for Interferjng Horses. 



it was asking a good deal of a man to cure her in the condi- 

 tion she then was in. I believe I would be safe in saying 

 that a cii'cle of an inch and a half would not have covered the 



