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traction and nervicular disease. Shoes may be 

 fastened without causing such mischief, if the 

 following method of nailing is obseryed. 



In experimenting for the purpose of ascer- 

 taining how few nails are absolutely necessary 

 under ordinary circumstances for retaining the 

 shoe securely in its place as long as it should 

 remain upon the foot, it has been satisfactorily 

 estabhshed that five nails are amply sufficient for 

 the fore shoes, and seven for the hind ones, three 

 should be placed on the outside of the foot and 

 two on the inner side near the toe, thereby 

 leaving the foot free to expand in a natural 

 manner, the nails should not be driven high up 

 in the crust, but brought out as soon as possible. 

 Another mistake with most Smiths is in rasping 

 the clinches away too fine ; th6y should be turned 

 broad and flat. It is also customary for some to 

 rasp and sandpaper the whole suiiace of the 

 hoof, for the purpose of making it look nice and 

 smooth. Buch a practice should never be toleratedj 



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