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feed the same as in quarter crack, only give him plenty 

 of it; and if it suits to turn him to grass, do so; if not, 

 have him used a little every day. It is better to drive 

 him every day a few miles to keep up a healthy circulation 

 in the foot and impart to the frog particularly some ex- 

 citement, by bringing it in contact with the ground, there- 

 by causing expansion, which will in time effect and tend 

 to expand his quarter. If the horse is young, say from 

 four to eight years, there is very little difficulty in effect- 

 ing a cure, particularly if he can be used a year or so in 

 the country; in an old horse a cure is more doubtful, still 

 it can do no harm to use him with tips. 



I am using an eight-year-old that came to me this 

 spring, very lame indeed from contraction, so much so 

 that all who thought they knew said he never could be 

 cured ; his feet seemed to be almost without circulation, 

 so much so that any attempt at a trot or gallop caused him 

 to hobble all over as if he would fall heels over head 

 this was only in front they must have felt to him as if 

 loaded down by some heavy weight. After having shoes off, 

 tips on, stuffing with cow-droppings for a few weeks, say 

 three, feeding on grass all the time, not a particle of grain, 

 in order to cool his system and start his feet to grow, he 

 began to feel much lighter about the parts. On trial finding 

 him not lame, only a little tender, I commenced using him, 

 and have been doing so for the last four months without the 

 least ailing ; true, all cases cannot be cured, but so many 

 will yield to the treatment that it is in all cases worth a 

 trial, especially as you can use your horse all the time if 

 not too dead lame ; if he only shows it moderately, to use 

 him helps to accelerate the cure. 



yth. On Shoeing. If gentlemen would show an interest 

 in having their horses shod, by telling the groom to be 

 particular in the stable that their feet are always kept cool, 



