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closed together by clinching a thin nail on each side of the gap near th« 

 bottom and top, or else with thin wire as shown in the cut. 



Also burn a groove just below the crack about an inch long nearly 

 down to the quick. It is also well to slightly blister the coronet at the 

 top of crack. An efficient and stimulating liniment will be the oil of 

 eantharides, made as follows : 



No. 191. 1 Ounce powdered cantharides, 



8 Ounces olive oil. 



Mix in a strong bottle and set it in water kept near the boiling heat for 

 three or four hours, and filter through close linen. Apply once a day 

 with friction until the part is tender. Let the horse have rest, or turn 

 into a pasture until cured. 



m. Hoof Kot. 



This difficulty, sometimes called tender feet, arises from diseases of 

 various kinds, spavin, ring bone, chronic founder, navicular disease. 

 There is a dry, feverish state of all the parts, and the hoof, and especially 

 the sole, becomes decayed and sometimes perishes entirely. 



How to know it. — The bottom of the hoof is dry and chalk-like, so 

 that it may easily be dug away with the point of a knife, or even easily 

 scraped away. The frog of the foot diminishes in size, and the ankle 

 joints are apt to swell. The horse steps short and goes lame, if in one 

 foot, or if in both, cripples in his gait. The a:ffected foot will be pointed 

 forward to enable the animal to rest on the sound foot, or if both are 

 affected, first one and then the other vdW be placed forward. Sweeny or 

 wasting of the muscles of the leg and shoulder result simply from disease 

 of the limb. 



What to do. — Remove the shoe, pare away all unsound portions of the 

 hoof until all the pumiced parts are got rid of ; also the frog and the 

 sides of the hoof. Stimulate the bottom of the hoof by washing with No. 

 189 once a day for three days, heating it in with a hot iron. Then omit 

 for two or three days and commence again. During the treatment the 

 animal must be kept in the stable and the feet should be kept dry. 

 When hoof rot is due to other diseases, as ulceration of the navicular 

 joints, it will do no good to follow the rule laid down until the cause of 

 the difficulty is removed. 



IV. Corns. 



Corns are in very many cases the result of other diseases, tending to 

 weakening of the sole rather than the result of a bruise to a sound hoof. 



