horses, let me say this for the company, and why they never 

 have any lame horses: They get them shod every four 

 weeks, they always allow me a half a day to shoe a team, 

 they are satisfied whatever kind of shoes I put on them. If 

 this would be taken as an example by other concerns, it 

 would benefit the horse and the man that owns him, as it 

 extends his usefulness. Experience teaches us the indi- 

 vidual or concerns that look after the welfare of the horse, 

 in seeing to it that his right is respected, are always safe 

 to deal with. We can judge a man of what he really 

 is on the inside by the looks of his horse on the outside. 



But the horseshoer who is only in business as a schemer 

 for the horse owner, he is dangerous to deal with, to the 

 craft he is an unfair competition. He is a disgrace to 

 the art and science of shoeing. He is an enemy of honesty 

 and resentful of lawless cunning. You may say, this kind of 

 talk don't enlighten us any about the science of shoeing 

 but the point is if fake horseshoers can be prevented from 

 doing business, it will add to the respect and science of 

 shoeing and a good way to stop them is to not patronize 

 them. Every state in the Union ought to make a law that 

 horseshoers that are carrying on a horseshoeing business 

 must be registered and pass an examination for the pro- 

 tection of the horse and the man that owns him. 



I hope you understand it better now, why there are 

 so many lame horses, so if bad shoeing is the cause of 

 horses going lame, then good shoeing must be the remedy. 

 The farmer who does not understand and does not care 

 to prepare the soil properly for the seed he sows, cannot 

 expect to reap a harvert. So, if poor farming is the cause 

 of a failure of a crop, on the same soil, good farming is the 

 remedy. What do you think of a human doctor, if you were 

 ill, and was told by your family physician that you needed 

 an operation, and that the charge would be $100.00, then 

 if a strange doctor comes along and tells you he can save 

 you $10.00 on that job, you very likely refuse and take no 



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