cussion will cause corns. The majority of cases of corns 

 will be found in contracted feet. I find the most success- 

 ful way to treat corns is to get the foot or feet soft and 

 keep them soft. Shoe with a bar shoe, lower the heels so 

 as you can get all the frog pressure possible on the bar of 

 the shoe, after the shoe has been fitted, and before nailing 

 to the foot, cut the heel bearing away from the shoe where 

 the corn is located, an inch of the bearing surface ahead 

 of the corn and half an inch or more away from the shoe 

 to break the jar and reduce the concussion. If foot is con- 

 tracted use an expander inserted in foot before shoe is 

 fitted, and keep foot soft. I do not recommend cutting the 

 bars and sole away where the corn is located and leaving 

 the wall standing up all alone, but cut the whole heel 

 seat of corn and bar down flat, away from the bearing 

 surface of shoe. 



XXXV. TOE CRACK OR SPLIT FOOT. 



A foot with a toe crack should be kept as short as 

 possible at the toe. Apply a stiff hoof expander, use one 

 or two rivets or clamps as high up and as near the coronet 

 as possible after cutting the horn where one side laps over 

 the other the full length of the crack. After inserting the 

 hoof expander fit a bar shoe to the foot with a clip at each 

 side of the toe, and before nailing shoe to foot cut the bear- 

 ing of foot away from the shoe across the toe. If the foot 

 is not contracted any I would recommend a clip back at 

 each heel. Treat the same as is prescribed for Quarter- 

 crack, after cutting away half inch each side of crack at the 

 coronet. If foot is contracted do not use any clips back at 

 the heels and keep the foot soft. 



XXXVI. QUARTERCRACK. 

 A quartercrack is a split or crack in a quarter from the 

 coronet down towards the bottom of a foot. At times it is 



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