down, but that should be done in a manner that will 

 not make him tender. Put in the spring, and put 

 on an open shoe with nail holes punched near 

 the toe, as the nails will not give the spring a chance 

 to work if too near the heel. Put the shoe on full at 

 the quarters, and it will be only a few days before the 

 foot will be wider than the shoe ; then the shoe 

 should be taken off and the springs and shoe widened 

 a little and the shoe put on again as before. Keep 

 this up until the foot is as wide as desired. Do not 

 stiffen the springs any more after this, but keep them 

 in about six weeks, just stiff enough to hold the foot 

 at its then width, and get the shoe set. Be careful 

 and not get the heels too wide, as that would be as 

 injurious as when they are contracted. A great many 

 horses' feet turn in on the inside quarter and are 

 straight and all right on the outside quarter. When 

 this is the case, punch the shoe with four nail holes on 

 the outside, and two on the inside near the toe. All 

 the nails being driven on the outside and only two 

 near the toe on the inside, will cause the spring to put 

 all the pressure against the inside quarter. When 

 shod in this manner it will only be a short time until the 

 inside quarter will be as straight as the outside. After 

 the horse is shod put him in hot water again for thirty 

 minutes, and pack his feet with oil meal or clay every 

 night for a week or ten days ; after that time two or 

 three times a week will do. Some horses have high 

 quarters on the inside of the front feet, that is, the 

 inside quarter seems to be forced up higher than the 

 outside quarter, and when this is the case the horse is 

 apt to get sore in his feet. In order to remedy this, 

 drop the quarter down, have a stiff bar shoe made 

 weighing not less than ten ounces, level the foot, then, 



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