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SCIENTIFIC HOKSESHOEING. 



Fig. 32. front foot shoe for dkaft horse. 



as possible — the lower the 

 better for the ease and 

 safety of the horse. The 

 expediency of calks may 

 sometimes be questioned 

 especially on the front 

 feet, howsoever conveni- 

 ent or successful they may 

 be in respect to the hold 

 they secure, for they ag- 

 gravate the inequalities of 

 bearing and deprive the 

 feet of liberty of accom- 



, _ _ „ , „ -r . n . modation, and work in- 



A, A, B, B, Figs. 32 and 33, Lines showing 



the equal adjustment of shoe to the normal J""es to the freedom of 



center of foot from heel to toe and across the locomotory apparatus 



quarters, thus placing the weight upon the as previously mentioned. 



right portions of the foot and the shoe under Resort to toe cliD^ 



the right weight bearers. , , • ^ i • ^ 



and burning them into the 



hoof to assist in the retention of the shoe, is often productive 



of injury to and soreness in the foot — as I shall illustrate further 



along — but when applied 



they should be carefully 



turned up with reference to 



these eflects, and also in line 



with the angle of the hoof, 



using a knife to notch the 



hoof where they are to be 



buried. 



By the method of shoe- 

 ing proposed in connection 

 with Fig. 27, and since re- 

 ferred to according to the 

 perfection or imperfection of Fig. 33. hind foot shoe for draft horse. 



