PADS OF ELASTIC CEMENT AND OF FELT. oOO 



prevent shock, felt should be employed in con junction with 

 leather. 



9. Pads of Elastic Ck.mknt. 



In this case the shoe is of the ordinary variety, the pad 

 being inserted after shoeing is complete. The hoof is first 

 cleansed and disinfected. The elastic cement is melted in a 

 ladle over a slow tire, until it forms a thick Huid. It is then 

 smeared over the entire surface of the sole with an iron 

 spatula, and well pressed in between the seating of the shoe 

 and the hoof. When sufhcient has been inserted, the cement 

 is cooled in water, or the hoof let down, i hough in such case 

 the ground must be level and moist, so that the cement shall 

 not stick to it. Instead of being melted in a ladle, the 

 cement may be softened in water until ductile, in which con- 

 dition it is pressed into the hoof. 



Artificial soles of elastic cement appear to succeed very 

 well, the upper surface necessarily corresponding exactly in 

 shape to the sole, of which it is a plastic reproduction. The 

 counter-pressure of the ground is, therefore, evenly transmitted 

 to the entire sole. 



The frog can be covered or left exposed. At the toe the 

 ground surface of the shoe should be about -J- inch deeper than 

 the inserted cement, so that the latter does not touch the 

 ground when the animal stands on a level surface. 



