EVERY MAN 



HIS OWN FARRIER. 



CHAP. I. 



ON SHOEING. 



X HERE are few writers who have not offered 

 their respective opinions on the shoeing of horses, 

 and with various degrees of ability. The author 

 of these sheets is free to confess that he is by no 

 means convinced that any individual can give 

 such a regular systematical form as the operative 

 smith can take for his guide, in order to suit all 

 the differently-shaped feet, which necessarily oc- 

 cur among a number of horses. It is difficult to 



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