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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



Fig. 22. position op foot, uplifted, in 



THE most convenient WAY FOR HOLDING 

 SAME IN OBTAINING LEVELS, ASCERTAINING 

 ITS GRADATIONS AND DULY PROPORTIONING 

 IT BEFORE SHOEING. 



A, A, AVall-bearing surface leveled 

 and j^repared for the shoe. 



B, Cleft of frog, marking line 

 through center of heels to middle 

 of toe. 



C, D, C, D, Heels leveled and 

 equalized from coronet to ground 

 surface. 



E, E, The wall leveled and lined 

 up equally from coronet to base op- 

 posite the quarters. 



F, P, Coronet level from upper 

 border to base at each side of heel. 



G, G, Dotted line showing how 

 one side of the heel may be twisted 

 out of its proper position by an un- 

 equal bearing of the foot, produced 

 by uneven wall (high or low on 

 either side), and improper shoeing. 



Any overgrowth of hoof will displace the natural balance 

 of the horse and cause him to dispose his feet in or out, or 

 carry his legs forw^ard or back in the direction of the greatest 

 bearing point, while with feet leveled and balanced, as they 

 should be, he will stand correctly and move with ease and com- 

 fort all the time. 



