THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



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pare it to a level. The toe of the foot is then in tin^n to be 

 shortened and the heel weakened by paring- out the commis- 

 sures between the bars and frog as much as in the judg- 

 ment of the farrier the foot can safel}^ bear. The shoe rep- 

 resented in Fig. 104 should be used upon horses intended 

 for draught purposes, the nails being* placed from the 

 front of the quarters toAvard the heel. 



The toe calkin being placed Avell back from the toe, light- 

 ens the stress at the point where its weakness is the g'reat- 



Fig. 104 ~A Shoe Siiitable for Draught Horses. 



est, and allows an easier play of the foot when in motion. 

 When the split occurs in the foot of a horse used for general 

 business Avork, loAA^er the heel and shorten the toe as much 

 as safety Avill permit and thin the heel of the shoe to obtain 

 strong frog pressure, remoAdng the pi*essure around the toe 

 of the foot as before directed.— jB?/ W. O. Robinson. 



Curing a Split Hoof. 



I give hercAvith a simple Avay of curing a split hoof. 



In commencing the job, I make an aAvl two and one-half 



