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PRACTICAL HORSESHOEING. 



bars, and the whole of the frog, meet the ground as in the 

 unshod state (Fig. 23). 



Fig. 22. 



The great advantages of this method of shoeing con- 

 sist in its simplicity, when farriers have been made to un- 

 derstand it ; its placing the hoof in a natural condition, so 

 far as its ground-face is concerned ; the small number and 



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Fig. 23. 



size of the nails required to retain it ; the lightness of the 

 shoe, and the security it gives to the horse in progression. 



