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SHOEING. 



pie more appreciative of special points of interest to them, than 



shoeing-smiths. 



Nor is the fault wholly to be accounted to the shoer. The 



man who scoops out and 

 rasps the foot most per- 

 sistently to make it look 

 artistic, puts the most 

 iron into the shoe, and 

 nails it on so firmly that 

 it will remain so indefi- 

 nitely, and works the 

 cheapest, usually gives 

 the best satisfaction, the 

 owner believing he is get- 

 tine: the most for his 

 money ; the health of the 

 foot and the comfort of 

 the animal, being a mat- 

 ter of secondary consid- 



FiG. 424.— The same after one 5'ear's shoeing. , . 



eration. 



The foot is, next to the eye, 

 the most beautiful and per- 

 fect in the details of its 

 structure. It is in every 

 particular the most perfectly 

 adapted of any part of the 

 body for giving the greatest 

 possible strength and elastic- 

 ity ; and, if not interfered 

 with, is capable of sustaining- 

 all the strain and wear to 

 which it can be reasonably 

 subjected. But when exposed 

 to causes which bring about 

 disease and change of struct- 

 ure, there are also involved, to 

 a greater or less degree, the 

 health and mobility of the 



Fig. 425. 



-The same after three years' 

 shoeing. 



