SHOEING. 



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Shoe A is the right sort of shoe, and shoe b the 

 wrono' sort. 



It will be seen that if you nail shoe a to foot A, 

 when foot a has grown into foot b, the shoe A will be 

 in the right position, only rather shorter in propor- 



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tion to the length of the foot ; whereas, if you nail 

 shoe B on foot a, although it will be right when first 

 put on, yet when foot a has developed into foot b 

 the heels of shoe b will be pressing on the sole of 

 fche foot instead of the wall or crust, and the horse 

 will be liable to get corns. If any reader will cut 



