486 HORSESHOEING. 



cartilages are hard, as they are generally from 

 being pressed upwards, a groove should be 

 made with a rasp immediately under the coronet, 

 and extending all the way across from heel to 

 heel, deep enough to draw blood. Next, with a 

 fine knife cut notches across the groove at equal 

 distances the whole length of the groove, and 

 extending from the coronet downward. 



By this operation, illustrated on Plate No. 24, 

 the pressure is removed from the cartilages. 

 After this a poultice of linseed meal should be 

 applied around the coronet, which loosens all 

 pressure and starts a new growth. 



If the horse is lame from this disease the 

 close cutting operation should be performed 

 and the poultice applied one week; otherwise 

 the operation need not be so severe. 



Plates Nos. 25, 26. 27 — Illicstrations of Over- 

 growth of Hoof a7id Neglect before and after 

 Treatmejit. — The illustration, " Before Treat- 

 ment," Plate No. 25, represents the ground sur- 

 face of a foot operated upon, and " After Treat- 



