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powdered blue vitriol once a day, till it is dry, then with tar. No 



change will be made in the shoeing. 



FALSE QUARTER. 



Relieved of bearing 

 on the shoe. 



SAND CRACK. • 



Pared away at the 

 sides and bottom, 

 to remove bearing 



' also method of 

 shoeing with clips 

 to support sides of 

 crack. 



SAND CRACK. 



Dressed, shod and 

 bandaged for 

 work, when rest 

 cannot be givon. 



IV. Seedy Toe. 



Seedy toe is a dry, mealy condition of the wall at the toe. 



Causes. — It is caused ".sually hy bruising of the toe, by the clip of the 

 shoe being pounded into the toe too tightly ; and the 

 bruised part takes on a sort of dry rot, or gangrene, 

 which extends up between the wall and the laminae. It 

 causes tenderness of the foot when bad, but is rarely met 

 with. It is a separation of the tAvo layers of horn which 



SEEDY TOE. * « , , » -, • r 



Showing the separation composc thc crust of the hoof, rcsultmg f I'om discase 

 soft plrTs^'underneaUi! ^"6 to bruises or faulty condition of the body. 



How to know it. — When the shoe is removed, a mealy, whitish-looking 

 substance will be seen immediately under the Avail, at the toe, running up 

 towards the hair, sometimes for an inch or so, and may be picked or 

 broken down easily with a nail, leaving a hollow beneath the shell. 



What to do. — Pare away the wall at the toe after taking off the shoe, 

 so as to remove the bearing therefrom. Pick out all the mealy substance 

 that breaks dowm easily, and turn in warm tar, and press in a little wad 

 of tow. Replace the shoe, and apply a mild blister of cautharides to the 

 coronet. 



