116 THE ART OF HORSESHOEING. 



Seedy-Toe.— This is a condition of tlie wall usually 

 found at tlie toe, but not unjcommon at the quarters. It 

 is not common in hind-feet, but occurs sometimes. When 

 the shoe is removed, a separation is noticed between the 

 sole and the wall, and this separation may extend up the 

 "wall nearly to the coronet. As a rule, the space so 

 formed is a narrow one, but it may be wide enough to 

 admit three fingers of a man's hand. Probably all seedy 

 toes result from some injury or disease of the coronary 

 band, from which the wall grows, and the first appear- 

 ance is not a cavity, but a changed and softened horn, 

 which may be dry and crumbly, or moist and cheesy. 

 The diseased horn may be scraped out and the cavity 

 filled with tar and tow. The wall bounding the cavity 

 should be relieved of all pressure on the shoe, and if a 

 radical cure be desired, all the unattached wall should be 

 cut away. This, however, should be done under veter- 

 inary guidance. 



Turning in of the Wall. — By this expression, I 

 mean those cases of weak, low heels in which the border 

 of the wall turns inward. Such a form of horn ofiiers no 

 suitable bearing for a shoe, and if submitted to pressure 

 by a shoe, gets worse. Too often this condition is treated 

 by paring away the sole within, which increases the 

 deformity. The sole should not be cut, but be left as 

 strong as possible. The curled-in border of the wall 

 should be cut down and all bearing taken off the shoe. 

 In one or two shoeings, the wall will resume its proper 

 form. When both heels are so affected, and the horse 

 has to remain at work, only one heel must be treated at a 

 time. The extreme point of the heel is never afi"ected 

 and affords a point for bearing when the border of wall 

 in front of it is cut away, so as not to touch the shoe. 



