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with this new plow to a depth of 12 to 16 

 inches. 



Muck Shoes. If the ground is soft it may 

 be necessary to use muck shoes. There are 

 a good many different kinds, but the 

 best are the iron ones concaved on the 

 lower side, with holes in the bottom for the 

 calks of the horse shoes to fit into and with 

 adjustable clamps coming up over the front 

 of the hoofs. These clamps when bolted to- 

 gether hold the shoe firmly against the foqt, 

 and the calks prevent it from slipping; .Tfye 

 concave lower side of the 'shoe holds firmjy 

 on the ground and prevents slipping, and lit 

 does not seem to sink into the ground as 

 easily as a^flat shoe. These shoes seem 

 clumsy at first, but the horse soon learns to 

 handle them and has more confidence with 

 them on. 



Another Method. A method that is 

 sometimes used in soft ground to avoid 

 walking the horse in the furrow is to make a 

 truck to which the plow is attached. This 

 may be done by taking a piece of heavy, 

 sound timber for an axle and fitting a heavy 

 tongue to it, bracing it firmly so that it will 

 be perfectly rigid. On the right hand side 



