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that is a good thing. It is about eight inches 

 from the top of the coronet to the toe on these feet all 

 around. Did jou have irons on his feet when you 

 used this stuff?" 



''Yes." 



" Well, I think they grew a little too fast. Where 

 did you put this ointment you used r'' 



" Well, I made a mark all around the foot just be- 

 low the hair, on the hoof, and I put it below the 

 mark." 



"Did you put any on the inside? " 



" Yes ; on the sole." 



"Did you get any on the frog?" 



"No." 



" Didn't you know that in putting this trash on horn 

 or hoof that was already grown there was danger of 

 making it grow too fast ?" 



"No, I did not." 



" Didn't vou ? Didn't you know there was a receipt 

 out to prevent it growing in case it should get to grow- 

 ing too fast ?" 



"No." 



" Well, there is, and they should always accompany 

 each other, for they are dangerous to be used separ- 

 ately. This is a fast age in which we live. I read a 

 receipt the other day that would make a foot grow out 

 from the hair down to its natural length in six weeks. 

 The natural growth of the hoof is about one year when 

 healthy, and no fever in it; and this is not all— with 

 irons on it could not expand, and that would incline 

 it to grow long and narrow. And at this rate of 

 growth a horse could be grown up from the time it 



