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SHOEING. 



pie more appreciative of special points of interest to them, than 



shoeing-smiths. 



Nor is the fault wholly to be accounted to the shoer. The 



man who scoops out and 

 rasps the foot most per- 

 sistently to make it look 

 artistic, puts the most 

 iron into the shoe, and 

 nails it on so firmly that 

 it will remain so indefi- 

 nitely, and works the 

 cheapest, usually gives 

 the best satisfaction, the 

 owner believing he is get- 

 ting the most for his 

 money ; the health of the 

 foot and the comfort of 

 the animal, being a mat- 

 ter of secondary consid- 

 FIG. 424. The same after one year's shoeing. 



oration. 



The foot is, next to the eye, 

 the most beautiful and per- 

 fect in the details of its 

 structure. It is in every 

 particular the most perfectly 

 adapted of any part of the 

 body for giving the greatest 

 possible strength and elastic- 

 ity ; and, if not interfered 

 with, is capable of sustaining 

 all the strain and wear to 

 which it can be reasonably 

 subjected. But when exposed 

 to causes which bring about 

 disease and change of struct- 

 ure, there are also involved, to 

 a greater or less degree, the 

 health and mobility of the 



FIG. 425. The same after three years' 

 shoeing. 



