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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



Fig. 32. front foot shoe fok draft noRSE. 



as possible — the lower thfr 

 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 thev mav 

 be in respect to the hold 

 they secure, for they ag- 

 gravate the iiuMjualities of 

 bearing and d('})rive the 

 feet of liberty of accom- 

 modation, and work in- 

 juries to the freedom of 



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



the equal adjustment of shoe to the normal 



center of foot from heel to toe and across the locomotory ap[)aratus 



quarters, thus placing the weight upon the ^g previously mentioned. 



right portions of the foot and the shoe under Resort to toe cliT)S 



the right weight bearers. , , . , . , 



and burnmg them into the 



hoof to assist in the retention of the shoe, is often [iroductive 



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 effects, and also in line 



with the auijle of tlie hoof, 



usino^ a knife to notch the 



hoof where they are to be 



buried. 



By the method of shoe- 

 ing proposed in connection 

 with Fie:. 27, and since re- 

 ferred to according to the 

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



