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very easily cured : but when the fissure is so 

 deep as to reach the sensible parts, it often 

 produces very severe lameness, and requires a 

 considerable time to be completely removed. 

 Having rasped the quarter, let the crack be 

 opened with a drawing knife, so that the ac- 

 tual cautery, or red hot iron, may be applied 

 to it. This will cause a matter somewhat re- 

 sembling glue to exude, which will tend to fill 

 up the fissure, and protect the sensible parts 

 that would otherwise be exposed. Our next 

 object is to remove the contractile disposition 

 of the hoof, without doing which every other 

 remedy would avail little. This is to be ef- 

 fected by keeping the hoof constantly moist, 

 either by means of clay, or by turning the 

 horse out to grass in soft moist ground : but 

 previous to this it is necessaiy to rasp the bot- 

 tom of that quarter which is cracked, so that 

 no part of it may bear upon the shoe. 



Corns, 



Corns are generally the consequence of bad 

 slioeing, or improper management of the foot, 

 and may therefore be avoided by following 



