Official Circular ser, | Page 4. 
Gleen the hoof with on antiseptic and plug the hole 
#With tar. If suppuration hae set in, 8 free exit 
waat provided and maintained by cutting sway the 
hoof on the bottom, 
4g & goneral rule the errieroa will take good 
aare of the males, but should be wetched on sertal 
pointes, See that the breaching is proper sy adjusted 
#0 a8 nob to chafe the buttock, Po not permit. the 
hind ¢ingh to be drawn excessively +t Loht, nor permit 
the use of savers] blankets under 4 Wddle, The 
one saddle blanket furnished is ample. Always dry 
the males backe when it is necessary to move after @ 
rain, otherwise their backs will blister, ! 
eles at least once ai week snd insist on : 
and sores being seompti ¥ Breasted, For sad 
a -@eod dresaing is aged xy) mixing equal pat 
and ealeohol with & whit of aees forming 
paste, This showld. ak pplied in a thick coat. 
mules are wounded, wash out the wound avery 
atrong antiseptic solution and if there are 
0% ig present, remove them with 2 stick, Wateh the 
noofs carefully, especially the fore-hoofs and perm 
sonal iy iis da avid the shoeing. In the hos country 
keep the ere wel trimned insite end watch for ticks 
in the CBP. Bi should be killed with kerosene and 
renoved, Mules should be bathed every two or three 
days in the monteliea, Insist on this as the arrieros 
are prone to procragtination, 
és ay 
The ola ehoe should be carefully removed by 
cutting of the clinches and geeying the neiis singiy. 
Starting tue shoe and »rying it off, bringing ais 
maine with 4t is danger OULSs Whe bottom wa 
eat down level! with the sole at ‘the 
little longer at the hesl, The 
under the shbe arid will rarely req 
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Official Gireular #22, Page 5, 
The ra asp is used to cross level the bottom 
of the wail, which should be accurstely done, so that 
the mule will stand square on the shoe. The shoe is 
now to be avian accurately, so that its outer edge 
will follow the circumference 211 around. The fit 
must be made close enough se that no filing of the 
sides of the wall will be necessary to complete it. 
The shoe is then applied hot for a moment, and the 
highypoints, indicated by burning, are worked down. 
fhe shoe should then be applied hot enough to slight- 
ly scar the lower surface of the wall, but no longer. 
it should then be cooled and nailed on. In nailing, 
begin with the fron or toe nails and drive them in 
their order to the rear. After all are driven, cut 
off the points near the hoof, rasp the clinches thin 
enough to turn easily but do not let the rasp cut 
the horn, Turn the clinches down snug but do not try 
to drive them into) the hoof, nor use a file on them 
to smooth up. 

