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all perfons may at any time have their horfes 

 fhod, at the common price charged to fub- 

 fcribers. To obtain a participation of this 

 benefit for the country, perfons of confequence 

 ought to fupply their fmiths with proper pat- 

 tern (hoes. Certain of my own particular 

 friends having complained, that they could not 

 by any means induce their ^ blackfmiths to 

 chancre their old erroneous method, I advifed 

 them to fend with their horfes the following: 

 written notice : 



" Mr. A, B. defires his horfes may be air 

 " ways fliod, and their feet treated as foilow^s : 

 *• Nothing to be cut from the foal, binders, or 

 " frog, but loofe rotten fcales. No more open- 

 " ing of heels on any pretence. No (hoes to 

 ^' be fitted on red hot. Shoes to be made of 

 " good iron, with a flat furface for the horfe 

 " to (land on, web not fo wide as formerly, 

 " nor fo flrong at heel, that the foot may (land 

 '* level, and the frog be not prevented fr;om 

 ** touching the ground," 



Rather than lofe a good cuftomer, this has 

 always been complied with, and the happv 

 confequence has been, that many horfes which 

 before had never a heel to ftand upon, with 

 fcarcely a found place in the cruft in which to 

 drive a nail, have now the enjoyment of their 

 feet, in a full, flrong, found natural flate ; and 

 my friends, w^ho were at firfl ftaggered by the 



prejudice 



