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the foot twice a day, and applied fine salt for two days, tak- 

 ing- care to keep tlie feet out of the wet when the horse was 

 standing'. The cure was speedy and thorough.— By Un- 

 known. 



Club Feet. 



Crooked foot or club foot is a disease often neglected by 

 both the horse owner and the sheer. Colts are sometimes 

 foaled with crooked feet, allowed to g'row to three or four 



Fig. 114— Shoeing Club Feet. How the Hoof is Measured. 



years of ag'e without any attention, and are consequently 

 almost ruined for the market and even for general work. 

 Crooked feet should be attended to as soon as the colt is of 

 sufficient strength to admit of handling". We shoukl look 

 after our colts' feet from the time they are bj^ the side of 

 the mother, until the}^ arrive at the ag'e when it becomes 

 necessary to have shoes put on their hoofs. 



Horseshoers, as a g-eneral rule, neglect paring* the feet 

 level and straig"ht as the^^ should be in every case, for when 



