SHOEING. 



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Fig. 536.— Ordinary English Shoe. 



is not sufficient blood 

 to, grow sound, tough, 

 healthy horn. On 

 this account the only 

 reliable and practical 

 cure is opening the 

 quarters sufficiently 

 to remove pressure 

 until the new horn is 

 grown, which can be 

 done to - any degree 

 desired, as follows : 

 First, cut down be- 

 tween the bar and the 

 frog of the inner 

 quarter, as- explained 

 for contraction, until 

 it will yield readily 

 to pressure. Next cut 



away the edges, of the wall to the end' of the split ; then make a 

 crease with the firing-iron at the edge of the hair. If the spilt ex- 

 tends well up into the corohary band, this can be omitted, and in- 

 stead, the 'iron touched lengthways with the split. , If, however, the 



quarter is properly 

 opened, such iriter- 

 , ferenee with the firing- 

 iron will be unneces- 

 sary, as the horn 

 would usually grow 

 down sound without 

 it. Now, fit a shoe as 

 explainedfor contrac- 

 tion, putting a clip 

 only upon the inner 

 side (as shown in Fig. 

 585). "The opposite 

 side is to be nailed 

 well back to counter- 

 balance it. When the 

 shoes are nailed on, 

 with the spreaders 

 Fig. 537.— Bearing-surface of Ordinary English Shoe. open the quarter all 



