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work.' One precaution to be taken when applying 

 the shoe is to pare lightly the bottom of the crust 

 first of all. A whitish line, which marks the inside 

 of the crust, will then be found ; and this white line 

 must be preserved intact, with just a little bit to 

 spare, when cutting the groove. Mr. Stevens, 

 M.K.C.V.S., Park Lane, London, sends, for six- 

 pence, a pamphlet, giving instructions ; he also keeps 

 ready-made shoes, &c., concerning all which the 

 pamphlet furnishes information. A correspondent 

 who shoes all his horses a la Charlier, a stranger 

 to myself, writes : ' I live in the country. I have 

 an ardent disciple in the farrier, who shoes beauti- 

 fully. I really don't think the shoes he puts on my 

 horses weigh more than one quarter those made by 

 his neighbours do. I am glad to say, too, that it 

 has been a fine thing for him in business ; many of 

 the neighbouring gentry employ him to shoe on this 

 method. A horse can back a load on any ordinary 

 road without calking, if you let him stand on his 



FEET.' 



Owners, be they farmers or otherwise, who 

 may have read these chapters, and may be in- 

 duced to give the Charlier shoe a trial — beginning, 

 as is best, with a shoe which, called three-quartered, 

 is short at the heels, not reaching or touching 

 the bars, and, at the next shoeing, having only 

 a half shoe, or rather tip, say six inches round — 

 would be likely to venture on the four inches, 

 which length has been found already to ' fill the 

 bill.' Having arrived successfully at this point 



