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which will ensure dryness and pressure on the frog 

 will tend to effect a cure. If thrush is neglected 

 worse evil in the form of canker may ensue. 



Corns in a horse are caused by too short shoes ; 

 the heels not being sufficiently long, their ends 

 pressing on the foot bruise it. and inflammation 

 is soon set up. Corns are generally to be found in 

 the inner side of the foot. What is called the 

 ' seat of corn ' is just at the point where the bars 

 and crust meet. They cause considerable lameness, 

 and may, if neglected, become very serious, and a 

 sinus being established, the matter lodged forces 

 its way upward and out through the coronet, and 

 forms what is called a ' quittor,' which is a fistulous 

 sore. The remedy for corns consists of the follow- 

 ing treatment, viz. : Remove the shoe at once ; 

 have the corn pared out so far as it extends 

 (this should be done by a competent person) ; 

 poultice, if necessary, with a linseed or bran 

 poultice ; shoe with a tip until the foot has grown 

 sufficiently to bear an ordinary shoe. It is better 

 to abstain from working a horse suffering from bad 

 corns until it is cured. Corns are most difficult 

 and troublesome to cure, and they require thorough 

 treatment to prevent any tendency to recur. It is 

 a most inexcusable thing for a horse to suffer from 

 corns, and is entirely due to bad shoeing. Some 



