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the necessity for good judgment on the part of a horse- 

 shoer to treat each hoof as its conformation suggests. 



Treatment after work forms one of the most im- 

 portant considerations of stable economy, and upon the 

 adoption of a good, bad, or inconsiderate usage depend the 

 health and appearance of the horse. This is the period 

 when coughs, colds, lung diseases, and many other ills to 

 which horses are subject, are contracted, and can only be 

 avoided by a system founded on natural laws. Thus, the 

 season of the year, the heat and fatigue of the horse, will 

 have to be considered, as well as the location of the stable, 

 and its ventilation, the amount of help that can at once be 

 made available when warm horses arrive at the stable, and 

 whether the animals be clipped or have long and thick 

 coats of hair. 



For each variation from the above conditions, a cor- 

 responding change or adaptability in the treatment and 

 care will have to be provided. Thus a horse that is clipped 

 will perform a greater journey without sweating than one 

 with a winter and uncut coat of hair upon him. The 

 clipped horse, then, is not to be judged of by whether he 

 is sweating, but by the length of the journey and the time 

 allowed or consumed in it — and his treatment should be 

 accordingly; for he is as liable to cold, &c., as the animal 

 with a heavier coat, because the heart of all animals after 

 fatigue will beat very slow, and hence the necessity for care 

 in properly covering and giving small mouthfuls of water ; 

 for by the neglect of covering, to assist as a stimulus to the 

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