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PoiQts to be observed in Narrow-heeled Horses. 



horses, frequently to such a degree, as to maice 

 the blood start all over the sole of the foot: 

 though this method may ease the foot of pain for 

 a time, yet by taking away its support, it causes 

 them to contract much faster. This practice is 

 very destructive to the feet of horses, and, in ge- 

 neral, bring on a permanent lameness, called the 

 founder in the feet. The foot should be paired as 

 little as possible, the rotten, or decayed, parts 

 only being removed, and not too much hollowed, 

 in shoeing. If the feet be hard and dry, they 

 must be filled up every night with the following 

 composition. The horse should never zvo7^k, or be 

 taken to exercise with stuffing in his feet ; let 

 all, therefore, be taken out, and, when he returns, 

 fresh stuffing should be put in. , 



(RECIPE, No. 158.) 



Take — Tar, and hog's lard, of each four ounces ; 

 Common turpentine, one ounce : 

 Melt them together in an iron ladle. 



