after the shoe is fitted, commence at the inside 

 quarter, take it down about a quarter of an inch lower 

 at the heel than any other part of the foot ; then with 

 a rasp file from the lowest point in this quarter to 

 about half way to the toe, running out to a feather 

 edge at this point ; then put on the shoe, which will 

 be solid on the outside quarter, and the bar resting on 

 the frog; this will leave a space on the inside quarter 

 of about three inches that does not touch the shoe. 

 In ten days or two weeks you will find this quarter 

 will come down and rest on the shoe the same as the 

 balance of the foot ; then reset the shoe and trim or 

 rasp the quarter as before, and continue to do this 

 about six weeks or longer if necessary, and you will 

 find the foot will be very much improved. 



I do not think a horse should be fed too much grain 

 through the winter. It depends a great deal upon the 

 condition of the horse at the commencement of winter 

 in regard to the amount of grain he should eat. I find 

 from seven to nine quarts a day is enough for most 

 any horse when he is not getting hard work. A horse 

 wants all the good, clean hay he will eat in the morn- 

 ing, and I generally feed him two quarts of grain at 

 that time ; at noon I like good, clean sheaf oats, cut 

 them up and put in about a quart and a half of bran 

 to a large pailful of oats ; put in the least bit of salt, 

 add just enough water to dampen the bran ; give him 

 this, with three or four carrots. With some horses I 

 add an ear or two of corn with this feed. At night I 

 like to cook the oats; to do this, put enough oats in 

 a large kettle with water sufficient to cook well, which 

 will take about two hours ; keep adding water, and do 

 not let the oats get too dry while cooking; after the 

 oats are well cooked add about a fourth as much bran 



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