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PRATTS POINTERS ON THE HORSE 



liable to it. The most success can be had by attending 

 the shoeing, yet the natural weak- 

 ness of the foot cannot be changed. 

 A bar shoe should be prepared, the 

 web covered with leather, the shoe 

 nailed on with double the quantity 

 of nails generally used, but smaller, 

 leaving a bearing on the back part 

 of the shoe for the frog. Soak the hoof an hour twice 

 each day in a warm bath. Stuflf the foot with tow satu- 

 rated with Pratts Peerless Hoof Ointment. The shoe 

 should be changed and adapted to the foot as it changes 

 and improves. 



PUMICE FOOT 



FALSE 

 QUARTER 



False quarter consists of ribs and furrows 

 usually in the quarter of the hoof. It is 

 caused by deficient secretion depending 

 upon injury and destruction of the 

 coronet by abscesses, etc. The 

 horse should be put to pasture ; the 

 pressure removed from the injured 

 part by reduction of ground sur- 

 FALSE QUARTER. face of thc Wall, and a bar shoe 

 should be applied, utilizing the frog as a weight bearer. 



