plied with wet swabs. When the disease is beyond me- 

 chanical treatment, there is then no cure for it. The cheap- 

 est way out and the quickest way to give the horse relief is 

 to kill him. 



Shoe No. 2 is the best 

 device that I know of 

 for navicular disease. 

 It has the bar curved 

 in the center on the 

 ground bearing sur- 

 face, which makes it 

 easy for the horse when 

 turning and flexing. 



No. 2 



A bar shoe is a good shoe to use for contracted feet, 

 because you can do anything to the back part of the feet 

 where the bar is resting on the frog. The frog being in 

 proper condition the bar can take care of weak or diseased 

 heels. If a foot is contracted the best way to restore it to 

 normal conditions, weaken the contracted parts with a rasp 

 from the coronary band to the ground bearing surface. 

 Rasp it thin enough so it yields to pressure of your thumb. 

 Keep the feet moist and work the horse whenever you need 

 him. See to it that the heels are free from carrying weight 

 during development of new heels. The object of weakening 

 the heels on the outside is to allow expansion to the lami- 



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