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I am sure, never coiinterbalaiicc its evil effects. While it is true 

 that more shoes can be fitted in a given time by the hot process 

 than bv the cold, this is no argument against the expediency of 

 the latter. I, myself, never put a hot shoe to the foot so as to leave 

 a mark ; neither do 1 allow my help to do this. A man who cannot 

 fit a shoe to a foot level with the hoof parers — round knife and 

 rasp — is not a fit person to be trusted to handle as delicate a 

 a piece of machinery as the horse's foot. So my advice is, do not 

 let any one put a hot shoe to your horses' feet, as it will surely 

 bring bad results. 



CLIPS SHOULD NOT BE USED 



Clipping shoes is another bad habit of our best as well as the 

 poorest horseshoers. It does no good, and in many cases results in 

 harm. In my opinion it does not add to the looks of the foot in 

 any way. A shoe that is perfectly level on a level foot, set on 

 with eight good nails driven in the foot properly, will not come 

 off in a reasonable time. So do not have your shoes clipped unless 

 absolutely necessary. 



PARING THE FROG 



I am very often asked the question. Do you pare the frog? My 

 answer is this : I do if the frog needs it ; I use just as much 

 judgment as when paring the hoof. So long as the frog is in good 

 shape I do not deem it necessary, but when it either bears to one 

 side or the other, or becomes hard and does not scale oft' as nature 

 intended, paring is required. 



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