Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . r; some are pat«f;nted and some are not. They are introduced by specialists andtoen that are seeking t produce something new to make money outof. But let me say I do not believe that there ever will be a shoemanufactured that will do away with the plain, good common-senseshoe, forged and made by hand by a practical horse-shoer. I con-demn all machinery-made shoes, and only re
Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . r; some are pat«f;nted and some are not. They are introduced by specialists andtoen that are seeking t produce something new to make money outof. But let me say I do not believe that there ever will be a shoemanufactured that will do away with the plain, good common-senseshoe, forged and made by hand by a practical horse-shoer. I con-demn all machinery-made shoes, and only recommend shoes forgedand made by hand. (See engraving on opposite page for my idea ofhorse-shoes.) Question. How many blacksmithi or horse-shoera are there inAmerica ? Answer* 172,726 horse-shoer* Question* How many horses in America? Answer. A little over 14,000,000 and 2,162,808 mulet. Question. What shall I do to stop my horse from interfering t Answer* Pare his feet perfectly level, then have a shoe made thatis about an inch and a half wide; the web on the outside about three*quarters of an inch on the inside; put the wide web part on the out-side of his foot, the narrow web on the inside. After you drive him,. If he should interfere, pare the foot a little lower on the inside thanit is on the outside. This will atop the majority of horses from in-terfering. Question. Will it work the same on the front feet that it does ©*jthe hind feet ? Answer. Xfjfc — 254 —Question. What do you think of shoulder jam and sweeny t Answer. There is no such disease known to the veterinaryscience. There is a wasting away of the muscles of the horsesehoulder, caused in many cases by the contraction of the horses feetor the strain upon the tendons or contractions of the same. In orderto get a sure cure, treat the foot and the limb, and the shoulder willtake care of itself (bee my Veterinary Department.) Question, Will you give me some general points on the horseifoot? Answer. Never shoe a
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