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ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 



In shoeing" either for quarter cracks or corns I do not let 

 the quarters touch the shoe. When the quarter grows out 

 or the shoe has pressed down so that the quarter touches, 

 the shoe should be removed and a sufRcient amount of hoof 

 removed to keep the shoe from touching the quarter. Any 



Fig. 15.— Toe- Weight Shoe. 



quarter, crack or corn, can be removed if the pressure is 

 kept on the frog and away from the seat of disturbance. 



TOE- WEIGHT SHOES. 



Fig. 15 represents a shoe Avith a toe-weight. It is made 

 out of heavy iron, say one inch or one-and-a-quarter inches 

 by one-and-a-half inches. Fuller at A to the thickness 



