way off, and judge if the bearing of tlie limb shall 

 look to be in a comfortable position in the foot from 

 that standpoint of observation. If so you have now 

 the foot prepared to receive the shoe. 



Directions for fitting the shoes will be found in their 

 proper places, as describing the various sorts of 

 fitting for the many variety of foot shapes. 



Let the Smith Live. 



Remember, owners, the most important of all things, 

 as regards utilizing the best efforts of your horses, is 

 to give the most painstaking care to their feet and 

 the shoeing of them, therefore let the smith have a 

 chance to live. Employ his services as often as they 

 shall be needed. Pay him a fair price for the use you 

 make of his time and skill and you will be the winner 

 "by a large majority." Penuriousness in this respect 

 will be found to be expensive economy. 



Particular Care of Feet. 



There is no need of anxiety on the score of colts 

 and horses not receiving suflicient food and of good 

 quality, but there is cause for much anxiety as to a 

 continuous state of health of the motor powers of the 

 animals, so they shall be ready and willing, at all 

 times, to perform the tasks their master, man, may 

 set for them. The much neglected care of their feet 

 should receive, by far, the most careful attention, 

 too much stress cannot be laid on this all-iw.portant duty. 



Nature's Protection. 



Never cover up the foot, or any of it, on its ground 

 surface, more than what space a narrow webbed shoe 

 will cover. The foot requires and must have, at all 

 times, a free circulation of air all around it. There- 

 fore, never use pads, tar, oakum and such things. 

 Leave the sole— Nature's protection— in the foot and 

 it is a better protection than the ingenuity of man 

 has ever yet, or ever will, discover. 



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