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HORSE-SHOEING. 



It has been suggested to me, by several corre- 

 spondents, that a plain, practical treatise on Horse- 

 Shoeing, divested of all other matters, connected 

 with the soundness of the horse's foot, would be 

 very acceptable to many working smiths, who have 

 neither the time nor the inclination to wade throusrh 

 a work where what they want to find is mixed 

 up with other matters, which do not bear upon 

 their vocation. To the production of such a treatise 

 I now set myself, in the hope that, however much 

 I may fall short of my wishes, I may still in some 

 degree supply a want which has long been felt by 

 many. The books at present in use are written 

 in a style that most smiths find it difficult to 

 follow; my aim, therefore, shall be to convey the 

 information I have to ofier in the simplest lan- 



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