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tell the purchaser so : but why does he not cure 

 it himself? Objections aud returns would then 

 be done away with, at least as far as thrush is 

 concerned. 



The purchaser will infer from what I have 

 just said, that I do not by any means advise him 

 to reject a horse with slight thrushes, or even 

 one with them in a somewhat advanced stage, 

 provided the horse pleases him otherwise, and 

 he gets him at such a rate, as to afford the 

 expense necessary in curing what may probably 

 become a more serious evil. 



Corns cannot be discovered without removing 

 the shoe ; so that, when you suspect their exis- 

 tence, you had better accompany the horse to 

 the forge, the first time he goes there to be shod. 

 They are found at the extremity of the sole, 

 between the crust of the hoof and the bars ; and 

 they are known by the horn at that part being 

 discoloured with blood. If the blacksmith can 

 remove this reddish horn with his knife without 

 bleeding the foot, there is nothing to fear : there 

 has been a corn, but there is not now. 



If corns exist in such a degree, as to render 

 more than ordinary care necessary in shoeing, 

 the horse is unsound, but not otherwise : for a 



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