PRATTS POINTERS ON THE HORSE 



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Tack on the shoe and pad well over the sole ; con- 

 fine the padding by pieces of iron running crosswise, 

 with ends catching under the shoe. Repeat cutting and 

 dressing every second day. As the parts get better, 

 lessen space covered by the strongest dressing. 



SEEDY TOE 



Is the separation of two layers of horn 

 forming outside cover of the hoof. It 

 commences at the toe, and can be 

 seen when the shoe is off, or can be 

 detected by tapping the hoof, which 

 will sound hollow. The horse must 

 not be worked. All outside portion 

 of the hoof that has separated must 

 be cut oflf and stuffed with tow satu- 

 rated with Pratts Peerless Hoof Ointment. This must 

 be done every two weeks until the new hoof has grown 

 out. The Ointment will quickly grow a new hoof. 



SEEDY TOE. 



PUMICE FOOT 



AND ITS 

 TREATMENT 



It is a bulging down of the sole of the 

 foot. The horse will walk on sole instead 

 of the wall. Horses with long, slanting, 

 weak pastern hoofs, marked by ringy growths of brittle 

 character, flat sole, and large, healthy frogs, are most 



