QQ ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 



of the anvil and made almost as fast as a hen can pick up 

 corn. 



Dovetail the nails in and make eveiything- perfectly 

 smooth. With this style of shoe a colt will have shoes of 

 equal weig'ht and is not likely to g'et into the habit of inter- 

 fering- or forging-. I consider them the best shoes which can 

 be put upon a colt. 



Fig. 33.— Hind Shoe with Three Calks. 

 HIND SHOE WITH THREE CALKS. 



Fig. 33 shows a shoe with three calks. It is made the 

 same as any common shoe, having- three calks. It is used 

 in cases where horses have heavy pulling- to do. 



I always make low calks. In most cases horse-shoers 

 get the calks too high, which causes a rocking and wrench- 



