. Biggle horse book. Horses. lOO SHOEING. Another fault is fitting the foot to the shoe, frequently- using a shoe that is too small and rasping down the foot to fit it. This is a diabolical practice, fatal to the last degree to the hfe of the foot. The rasp should have no place in a farrier's kit, unless it be for leveling the walls. The weight of the horse should be borne upon the walls, whose edges should rest upon the shoe. If these walls be rasped away, and the weight thrown upon the sole, and the outer covering of the foot destroyed so it will dry up and soon become in- capable of holding
. Biggle horse book. Horses. lOO SHOEING. Another fault is fitting the foot to the shoe, frequently- using a shoe that is too small and rasping down the foot to fit it. This is a diabolical practice, fatal to the last degree to the hfe of the foot. The rasp should have no place in a farrier's kit, unless it be for leveling the walls. The weight of the horse should be borne upon the walls, whose edges should rest upon the shoe. If these walls be rasped away, and the weight thrown upon the sole, and the outer covering of the foot destroyed so it will dry up and soon become in- capable of holding the nails, what can be expected of the foot? An excellent plan for helping horses with contracted feet is followed by a New England farrier with most beneficial results. It is to level the upper surface of the shoe at the heel before attaching it to the foot, the inner circle to be one- sixteenth to one-fourth of an inch higher than the outer circle. It will be seen that the walls of the foot rest thus upon a surface which tends to spread them constantly. As a result of this continued relaxed condition at the heel, the frog is encouraged to grow, the bars to develop, and in a few months the heel is seen to be changing its condition materially. His unalterable rule is, ^^ Never use the knife to open the ; Horses compelled to wear shoes should have them reset as often as every three to four weeks, not alone for the com- fort of the horse, but that his feet and general constitution may remain uninjured. Insist upon small nails being used, and as few of these as possible. The holes for the nails should not be made too near the edge of the shoe. If punched further from the edge they take thicker and lower hold of the walls of the hoof, and do not need to be driven so high as to approach the sensitive part of the foot. With a perfectly level bearing, three nails on either side will hold the shoe firmly. With uneven fitting, however, the shoe. Please note that these images
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