60 IMPROVED METHOD 01- SHOEING. 



equal to posting. But tlic fact is, in the majority 

 of instances, no more is necessary than a httle extra 

 nailing, as to number, in the outside quarter, ac- 

 companied with small clips judiciously applied, in 

 order to secure the shoe durinjxa month's wear. It 

 One side only Will hcrcaftcr be seen, and I pledge myself to shew, 



of the hoof • n i ' ii ii/>i n i il 



bdii- nailed, tliat if thc luncr wall or half the foot be duly pro- 



hoth(|uaiteis in • i i ll ' 1 



are at liberty to tcctcd, frcc of restraint, that the outer wall, or other 



expand. 



half of the foot, will take care of itself, or rather is 

 capable of resisting the restraint which the shoe and 

 nails oppose to it. 



The inside heel of the horse's fore foot cannot 

 certainly be said to be this animal's only vulnerable 

 part ; but it may almost be considered so in compa- 

 rison to the outside heel of his foot ; for, if we 

 search for corn, we go immediately to the inside 

 heel ; but we should no more expect to find a corn 

 in his outside heel, than we should in his hind foot, 

 althouiih it must be admitted this disease does 

 The ii.sid. vccasionalbi exist in these parts. Contraction we 



c|naitcr of the "^ 



foot notoriously oeiierallv fiud to the ixreater extent in tiie inside 



the principal o *^ ^ 



scatof disease. q^,jjj.(^(>(.. ^y^^\ \i Jj^ -^x^q tlic scat of saiidcrack llilJC 

 times out of ten, in comparison to the outside. In 

 short, I would say, that the inside ({uarter of the 

 foot is its wearing place, if I may be allowed sucli 

 an expression. 



On inspecting the unshod foot of a four-year old 

 colt (which is fully ileveloped at that period of lile) 

 it has been the fashion for veterinarv writers to con- 



