THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 23e3 



and to occasionally apply a little turpentine or g'oocl hoof 

 ointment to the affected parts. 



Of course this treatment is for liew corns, but for old and 

 stubborn ones a different course will have to be adopted, 

 which should be about as follows : Pare around and down 

 as deep as you can without injury to the healthy parts of 

 the foot, Avhicli you must watch, so that you may not do any 

 unnecesar3^ cutting'. After havhig- the diseased parts well 

 cleaned out, pour some turpentine into the cavity and fill 

 with fresh horse manure. This is to keep any foreign mat- 

 ter from entering*. Before stopping- the cavity you might 

 put in some pine tar and then stop with the manure. Fit 

 the shoe neatly, and if you find it necessar^^ in order to 

 cover the cavit}^, yo\i can broaden the shoe at that point so 

 that it will cover it, but remember to keep the shoe from 

 pressing at that part. When a foot is badly used up witli 

 corns, bruises, and misused from disease or otherwise, it is 

 a very good plan to have the whole surface of the sole cov- 

 ered by a leather covering, under which put some cotton or 

 oakum, saturated with pine tar or some good foot ointment. 

 It will stimulate the foot to a healthy growth and will soft- 

 en it, which will tend to drive out that hard and bone-like 

 nature which is a great hindrance to the healthy growth of 

 the foot. — By I. A. C. 



Glycerine for Softening Feet. 



I beg to differ Avith those who believe in the use of cow 

 manure or oil to soften hoofs; the latter should never be 

 emplo3^ed and the former very seldom. My objection to 

 cow manure is, that by using it often, 'the ammonia it con- 

 tains destroys the frog and produces thrush and hoof-rot. 

 My objection to oils, tar, etc., is that they render the hoof 

 brittle, and loosen the nails. The best thing that I have 

 found is to have the owners of horses soak the horse's feet 

 occasionally in cold water, and every few days apply glycer- 



