to keep It secure; but a slioe, properly chiimbeied 

 out opposite this part, is the best protection for the 

 foot ill this statv?. The foot should be dressed every 

 day in a similar nianner till all the parts become hard 

 and firm. By these iiieans a corn may be completely 

 eradicated; but it vviil liiaierially assist the cure should 

 the horse be turned out to grass. It should be kept 

 in mind that when a corn is removed, that heel will 

 always be rather w eaker than the other, or at least 

 that any accidental pressure will more easily produce 

 it in this heel than the other ; consequently great care 

 should be taken that the shoe is carefully and judi- 

 ciously put on, and never suffered to remain on too 

 long. The horn likewise between the crust and bars, 

 exactly over the corn place, should always be kept a 

 little lower than the crust, that no pressure may reach 

 it. 



COSTIVENESS 

 In some horses is habitual, and has various causes. 

 Worms occasion a variable state of the bowels, at one 

 time lax, at another bound : the cure in this instance 

 must depend on an obsen-ance of the directions under 

 the head Worms. Horses who perspire much are 

 frequently costive, and \n holly dry food has a tenden- 

 cy to produce this complaint, in which case a bran 

 mash now and then is the best means to adopt. Ac 

 tive purges are not the proper means of counteracting 

 habitual costiveness ; for, after a purge has w orked 

 off, the costiveness is commonly increased; but mild 

 opening substances, as bran, grass, malt^_^:e., form 

 the best means of relief. 



