HORSESHOEING. 



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hard and brittle. If not dried out, all horn is elastic, though soft 

 horn is more elastic than hard. All horn is a poor conduotor of 

 heat. 



Fig. 37. 



Eight forefoot viewed from the side ; A, lower end of the cannon ; B, fetloek-joint ; C, 

 long pastern ; B, coronet ; JU, hoof ; F, heel ; F, inner heel ; Q, foot-lock covering the ergot. 



The relative positions of the various parts of the foot are 

 shown in Fig. 36. 



Fig. 37 represents the exterior of a well-formed foot. 



