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be taken out, and, when he returns, fresh stuffing 

 should be put in. 



(RECIPE, No. 158.) 



Take — Tar, and hog's lard, of each four ounces ; 

 Common turpentine, one ounce : 

 Melt them together in an iron ladle. 



First dip the pledgets of hurds into this mixture, 

 while warm, and stop up the horse's feet; then 

 take two bits of sticks (commonly called splints), 

 and put each end crossways under the shoe. Where 

 horses' hoofs are dry and brittle, it is a common, 

 but injudicious, practice among grooms to oil, or 

 grease them, by which means many a good hoof 

 has been spoiled. The best method of preserving 

 the hoofs is, to wash them in old urine once or 

 twice a day, which will strengthen and cause the 

 hoof to grow : this treatment will also prevent it 

 from cracking, or breaking, after the shells are 

 first rasped off, and will so rust the nails, that a 

 clinch will seldom start from the time of shoeing, 

 till the animal requires again to be shod. Where, 

 however, the hoofs are constantly greased, or oiled, 

 every day, the clinches will sometimes rise a quarter 

 of an inch in a week's time, which loosens the 

 shoe, and causes the hoof to crack as far the nails 

 extend. 



