Illustration. This bevel should be made with a bapamer instead of 



with a file or rasp. The shoe should be 14 inch wider at both branches 

 of the heels than the foot so that the foot will not expand beyond the 

 shoe when the weight is taken upon it. It can be seen at once that 

 when the foot takes the body weight it will spread at the heels in 

 consequence of this bevel. Care must be exercised not to get this 

 bevel too great, as lameness may follow. The outside edge should 

 not be over 1-16 to 1-8 inch lower than the inside edge. 



NOTE THE SLANT OR BEVEL OF THE TOP ON BOTH 

 BRANCHES OF THIS SHOE. 



As the hoof is hard and dry the bevel shoe may cause it to 

 spread and crack unless the foot is first made moist and soft 

 before using this shoe. 



The heel calks should be % to % inch higher than the toe. 



This shoe should be fitted without toe calks. The toe of the 

 shoe should be hammered so the edge is made rollino: or round 

 to correspond with the illustration here shown. If toe calk i«< 

 required it should be set back as far from the toe as possible and 

 it should extend across the shoe, reaching from one outside edge 

 to the other. 



TREATMENT FOR THRUSH 



Trim away all dead tissue so that the remedy can penetrate 

 to the seat of the disease. Apply Save-the-Horse once a day 

 around the frog and into the cleft of the heels, using a blunt stick 

 to pry the tissues apart so as to allow the remedy to enter the 

 bottom of the crevices. 



Also make treatment with Save-the-Horse entirely around cor- 

 onary band at the top of hoof as directed on bottle. This is to 

 expand and produce a healthy condition of the hoof. 



Care should be taken to keep stall dry aiid f^'ee from manure, 

 as moisture and filth are predisposing to the disease. 



TREATMENT FOR NAIL WOUND 



Nail wounds are considered of but little importance by many 

 and yet the number of horses lost each year from Tetanus (Lock- 

 jaw) is enormous and is in most cases traced directly to a nail 

 in the foot. 



The nail or foreign body should be promptly removed and the 

 opening enlarged to allow the collection of blood and pus to 



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