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with thin, weak horiij which grows slowly, are 

 likewise better left alone between each shoeing, 

 unless their shoes last six or seven weeks, in which 

 case tliej^ should be removed once within the time : 

 but horses with strong feet and plenty of horn, 

 that wear their shoes a full month, should have 

 them removed at the end of the first fortnidit ; 

 and when horses are doing so little work or wear 

 their shoes so lightly that they last two months, 

 they should be removed every fortnight, and at the 

 second removal the shoes should be put in the fire 

 and refitted, or the feet will outgrow the shoes; as 

 the horn crrows much quicker when a horse is idle 

 than it does when he is in full work. 



Having now gone carefully through all the cir- 

 cumstances necessary to good shoeing, and stated 

 the reasons why certain things should alicays be 

 done, and certain other things never done, I will 

 repeat shortly the few things which are to he done 

 in the order in which they occur; and you will 

 find that they are really very few when separated 

 from the reasons and explanations. 



