212 HORSE-SHOEING. 



angles to the direction of the pastern, and a shoe equally thick 

 throughout applied, the only difference between it and the 

 ordinary shoe being the removal of a portion of the iron from the 

 margin at a point corresponding to the portion that causes the 

 injury to the opposite limb ; or the shoe, instead of being nar- 

 rowed in the branch at this part, may be straightened, so as to 

 lie within the hoof. IN o nails are to be inserted here ; they may 

 be placed in front of, and behind the striking portion — at the toe 

 and heel. The hoof, after the application of the shoe, may then 

 be reduced at the quarter with the rasp, to diminish its convexity, 

 and thus avert " cutting" or striking. 



The periplantar method of shoeing is well adapted for horses 

 that ' f cut." 



Some horses have the awkward habit of lying like a cow with 

 one or both fore-legs doubled up at the knee, and the elbow 

 resting on the heel of the foot. Should the ordinary shoes be 

 worn, it almost inevitably follows that the ends of the branches 

 pressing upon the elbows will cause the formation of a large, 

 unsightly tumour, which may in time become an abcess or ulcer- 

 ate. The prevention of this is in the hands of the farrier, who 

 has only to shorten and smoothly round the extremities of the 

 shoe, so as to keep them within the hoof. Most frequently it is 

 the inside heel, in which case a three-quarter shoe at once 

 remedies the evil. 



GENEEAL MANAGEMENT OF THE HOESE'S 

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After what has been said with regard to the management of 

 the horse's foot in shoeing, there is but little to add concerning 

 its general treatment; as shoeing influences more or less, 

 for good or for evil, the general condition of that organ, and 



