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point of toe. Being dressed in this way tipped his 

 knees and ankles the same. His head is down ; he is 

 thrown off his equilibrium and base forward; that is, 

 over on his nose, or in that direction. This is not all : 

 the inside of his foot or structure is all out of har- 

 mony of action ; his foot is not the natural size ; it 

 has been cut down at the toe too much, and it was 

 ironed solid and dead. Before we dress these feet let 

 them soak in warm water while we look this horse 

 over. Understand, this horse has air-puffs- on all of 

 his legs half way to his knees and gambrels. Let us 

 see what condition his hind feet are in. They are 

 contracted as bad as his forward feet. His heels have 

 been cut down ; his feet are shoved forward by this 

 contraction. His toe is one inch too long ; the struct- 

 ure is changed all out of harmony. He is obliged to 

 stand in this position and work. How is this horse 

 balanced ? One-half of him is one way ; the other the 

 opposite. What must the condition of this horse be 

 internally, and he obliged to draw heavy loads daily ? 

 Ponder, think ! this horse was fed eighteen quarts of 

 oats per day, still he was thin, hair dead, no gloss on 

 it. He ate ravenously, and grain passed him whole. 

 The fact is, he swallowed his feed without masticating 

 it, nearly crazed with pain night and day ; all out of 

 harmony all over — internally and externally. I was 

 obliged to keep heating water all of the time. I 

 heated it on my forge. This poor horse would fall 

 asleep and partly fall, and tip the tub over and spill 

 the water. 1 had business enough, yet I was abused, 

 while I was at this work, by many different ones for 

 neglecting my business. They all had cripples they 



