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horses congregate together, the subject will be a 

 theme of discussion for the next nine days. Nothing 

 more surprising was seen at the show, and not a few 

 were convinced against their will that what they had 

 hitherto regarded as impossible had actually been 

 achieved. In many parts of the country we under- 

 stand gentlemen are regularly working unshod horses, 

 and with equally satisfactory results to those demon- 

 strated yesterday, and doubtless ere long Mr. Luck 

 will find many imitators in the north." 



D. M. A. has this to say to the editors of the In- 

 diana Farmer on 



UNSHOD, HORSES. 



" There was a clipping in the Farmer a few weeks _ 

 ago, saying that they wished that some one would 

 perfect a breed of horses that could work without 

 shoes. We have such a breed now. If farmers would 

 try it they would find that the most of our horses 

 can go without shoes, and have better feet than those 

 that have shoes. I have had but few horses shod for 

 twenty years. In that time I have not had a lame 

 horse. The only time we need shoes is when the 

 road is icy, and then, if the shoes are not sharp, a _ 

 horse will slip more than if they had none. I have 

 had Clydesdales and other horses, and any of them 

 can travel twenty-five miles on a gravel road and 

 never flinch. A horse's feet are like a person's ; if 

 they are kept shod the foot becomes brittle and ten- 

 der. If not shod they become hard and tough." 



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