SHOEING HORSES. 



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"When we consider that the value of a horse depends more 

 on the value and soundness of his feet than upon any other 

 qualifications, it stands us in hand to give more thought and 

 attention to keeping them sound than is generally bestowed on 

 this subject. 



The great foundation of scientific shoeing is based upon 

 trueing, leveling, and balancing the feet ; and to begin properly 

 the first shoeing is the most important of all. 



-A SOUND FOES FOOT PREPARED FOR THE SHOE. 



A The heel of the crust 

 B. The toe. 



CC The quarters of thefcrust. 

 D D The bars as they should be left with 

 frog between them 



EE The angles between the heels and bars 



where corns appear. 

 F F. The oncave surface. 

 G G The bulbous heels. 

 H. Cleft. 



Old horsemen admit the truth of the old aphorism, " No 

 foot, no horse," and yet in no portion of that animal's economy 

 has he suffered so many wrongs, or, as a natural consequence, 

 endured so much unnecessary suffering, as in his feet ; and to 

 shoeing a large proportion of these evils are directly or in- 

 directly referable. 



