HORSESHOEING. 



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directed from within to without (Eigs. 130, 3, and 131, d). 

 A short bevel is suitable for nails that are to be driven low, 

 while a long bevel makes it possible to drive them high. The 

 hevel should never form a hooJc; it must always he straight, 

 should he sharp hut not thin, and under no conditions incom- 

 plete (defective). 



Fig. 131. 



6. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 





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Machine-made horseshoe-nails (natural size) with a low, wide head for a fullered shoe. 

 The last nail is shown from one border; the others from the inner face: o, head; 6, neck; 

 c, shank; d, bevel; e, point; /, inner face; g, outer face. 



Machine-made nails, 'smooth, polished, bevelled, and ready 

 for use, are, for many reasons, to be preferred to hand-made 

 nails, though the latter are rather tougher (see Fig. 131). 



Before the shoe is nailed on it should b© cooled and again 

 carefully examined by a competent shoer, who should then 

 place it upon the hoof, where it should be critically observed to 

 see whether it really fulfils every requirement of a properly- 



