THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. iTi 



space on her legs that was raw and bleeding". But I in- 

 formed him I would do the best I could, and I cured that 

 mare. As mj^ manner of treating such cases may be of 

 benefit to some of my brother mechanics, I will describe it. 

 I do not use a regular interfering shoe, for I find it will not 

 work in a bad case of interference. Of course, I prepare 

 the foot carefully, leaving the inside a little the higher, if 

 possible. I then take any shoe and raising the heel calk 

 on the inside, put my toe calk considerably past the center 

 on the inside, leaving the outside calk plain, in other words 

 without an3" calk, as shown in the illustration, Fig. 94. I 

 have never known this mode of shoeing to fail in the very 

 worst case. — Bij C. E. C. 



Corns — Interfering — Overreaching — Welding Toe-Calks 



— Cold Fitting. 



Nine persons out of ten will sa^^ that corns in horses' feet 

 are caused by bad shoeing. My experience will justify me 

 in saying that nine-tenths of the corns are caused by the 

 owners of horses neglecting to get them shod as often as 

 the3^ ought. We are nearl^^ all agreed that horses should 

 be shod as often as once in CA^er^^ four to seven ^^^eeks, ac- 

 cording to circumstances. Now, a great many horse own- 

 ers, particular!}^ farmers, will get a team shod, and, unless 

 the horse becomes lame, will permit the shoes to remain on 

 until they groiv off. 



If the horse has a round foot and the shoe was fitted 

 close all around, in four or five weeks the shoe will have 

 been carried forward by the growth of hoof, so that one or 

 both of the heels will be off the wall, and in a short time 

 corns will be produced. Now, if the owner would take his 

 horse to the shop on some fixed date every month, instead 

 of leaving the shoes on fi-om seven to twenty weeks, horses 



