108 HORSESHOEING. 



the toe may be carefully rasped away in the direction in which 

 the wall slants, but never higher than the clinches ; finally, the 

 sharp lower edge of the wall is to be removed by carrying the 

 corner of the rasp around between the shoe and the horn. 



A clinch is sufficiently long when it equals the width of the 

 nail at that point. 



It is of advantage to use a shoeing-buck or foot-stool in clinch- 

 ing the nails on the front hoofs. The hind hoofs may be clinched 

 in the hands. Then the horse should be led out and again 

 moved in order to see whether or not the new shoeing has 

 actually accomplished what was desired. Finally, the entire 

 hoof should be given a thin layer of hoof-salve. 



