CHAPTER XVIIL 



REPLACING AND RENEWING SPURS AND ARMS 



OPPOSITE ARMS LENGTH OF ARMS THEIR 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT OVERCROPPING. 



Replacing Spurs. When detailing the man- 

 ner in which arms and spurs are formed, the 

 reader's attention was kept fixed directly on the 

 object before him, so that he might obtain a 

 clear idea of the principles applied, leaving 

 exceptions and accidents to be treated of sepa- 

 rately. We therefore propose now to speak of 

 such of these accidents as the novice would not 

 be likely to remedy, with the limited knowledge 

 which he is supposed to possess. 



When giving the details for the formation of 

 spurs, it was taken for granted that every bud 

 set apart for the purpose would grow and make 

 a spur ; but a bud will sometimes get accident- 

 ally rubbed off, or the young cane will get 

 broken, or some accident will leave a vacancy 



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