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way I would treat that foot; I would first cleanse the sore 

 portions thoroug'hly, then make the foot perfecth' Avater 

 and air-tig*ht with resin. I think resin far hetter than tar 

 for this purpose, as nothing' will adhere to it. After sealing 

 the foot securely, I would apph' a steel shoe that would not 

 take and give, the foot then being perfectly solid and in no 

 clanger of expanding. Sometimes a bar-shoe is far better 

 than an ordinary one. — By W. G. T. 



Self-Sharpening Calks. 



I will give you a description of ourst^'le of shoeing. Our 

 country is very rough and stony, rendering an iron calk 

 useless for fall and winter. Our summer shoeing is of 

 but little importance, being most all resetting old shoes 

 nearly worn out, which are expected to stay on from three 



Fig. 120— Shows How Calk is Split. 



to five months, at the end of which time the}' have the 

 shoes tightened up and perhaps come back to have a new 

 nail put in some vacant nail hole. To simmer the thing 

 down line, the smith who puts shoes on to stay the longest 

 is the best shoer. 



Our winter shoeing is of a different nature in qualit^^ of 

 shoe. Then we use our self-sharpening shoe, which we put 



