OF SHOEING. BB 



the shoe protected from the wear to which it would 

 have been otherwise subjected. The shoe must be 

 turned up to the same degree as the crust is lowered 

 at the toe. 



The reader will probably at this point ask, how 

 much should be taken off the toe of the foot, in 

 order to represent the effect of natural wear ? The 

 answer is simple. As much as is necessary in each 

 case to give the horse a level bearing on his foot, 

 and a natural tread, or, in other and plainer words, 

 as is necessary to make the wear nearly even all 

 over the shoe. 



After once or twice shoeing a horse, the farrier 

 ought to know exactly how much his fore shoes 

 require to be turned up, in order to make them wear 

 even. Practically, however, it will be found, that 

 most horses take much about the same degree of 

 ''turn up." 



The wear is never completely even all over the 

 foot, because when horses are shod according to the 

 natural formation of the foot, the greatest weight 

 and wear falls, as it ought to do, on the quarters 

 which are the broadest part of the foot. 



38. Whilst the structure of the foot, and the stumhiing, 



and Its re- 

 maintenance of an equal bearing on its different nieoics. 



parts, both require that the natural form of the toe 



should be followed, the ease and convenience of 



the horse in his action, and his safety in travelling, 



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