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he had got past all spring motion. His movements 

 were slow and stiff. He would not move at all unless 

 he was forced to it. It hurt him in many ways. He 

 was verv sore across the loin and kidneys. In fact, 

 he was sore all over. This soreness and stiffness can- 

 not be removed in two days. It vfill take time for 

 that to disappear after the cause is removed, and that 

 cannot be done by the process I am obliged to work 

 on . but I can change. him back toward natural many 

 degrees in this way, and his suffering will disappear 

 according to the deo^rees of chanjie toward natural, 

 and if I can relieve part of his suffering I shall be well 

 paid. We will fix him behind first. It will be neces- 

 sary to cut away all useless hoof, and shoe on the same 

 principle I have shod all others for expanding the foot 

 by the horse's weight — his forward feet the same. 

 This is all I can do. .One of the forward feet is rolled 

 under at the heels. The structure of this foot is more 

 out of harmony than the other three. If I could have 

 this horse to do as I wished, I would soon put his feet 

 in shape. By spreading, I could put his foot in or 

 out of harmony. Cutting away the useless hoof and 

 shoeing this horse on scientific principles — thin, fiat 

 shoes — helped his movement at once, and this same 

 treatment will help all horses that are in this deformed 

 condition, and there are countless numbers all over 

 'the world, and countless numbers of people that are 

 ignorant of this plain fact, as the owner of this poor, 

 suffering horse was. ' • 



" Bub," said I, " take this horse to his stable; soak 

 his feet well in warm water all around, then pack 

 them all with cow manure; that is the cheapest and 



