. The family horse : its stabling, care and feeding : a practical manual for horse-keepers . Horses. 108 THE FAMILY HOKSE. never be used upon the external walls of the hoof, except in cases'of absolute necessity to prevent striking the opposite limb. In the prairie regions and the great plateaus beyond the Missis- sippi shoes are dispensed with to a considera- ble extent. In aU rural districts where the soil is sandy and free from gravel, there is less need of shoes, at least on horses employed in farm work, than is generally conceded. In many situations, however, the hoof, if wholly unprotect
. The family horse : its stabling, care and feeding : a practical manual for horse-keepers . Horses. 108 THE FAMILY HOKSE. never be used upon the external walls of the hoof, except in cases'of absolute necessity to prevent striking the opposite limb. In the prairie regions and the great plateaus beyond the Missis- sippi shoes are dispensed with to a considera- ble extent. In aU rural districts where the soil is sandy and free from gravel, there is less need of shoes, at least on horses employed in farm work, than is generally conceded. In many situations, however, the hoof, if wholly unprotected, would wear away faster than the growth would make up, yet a fuU shoe is unnecessary. A tip or segment just Fig. 66.—TIP. laxge enough to protect the toe, shown in figure 66, is sufficient. This leaves the frog and all the posterior portion of the foot in their normal condition. dear and simple as are the principles upon which horse-shoeing is founded, there seems to be much misapprehension regarding them. Patents have been obtained upon great massive shoes, with taps into which calkins are to be screwed as one set after another wears out, the idea being that the shoe should remain without resetting. Such contrivances show total inattention to the physiology of the horse's foot, and the constant growth of the hoof is left wholly out of consideration. A writer in the Mark Lane Express sum- marizes the matter as follows : " Defects in Shoeing.—1. Fitting the shoe too hot, so as to bum and dry the horn. 2. Applying short shoes so that a deep sht must be cut at the toe to let the shoe back. 3. Hammering a shoe into its place without drawing the nails, after it has shifted when nailing it on. 4. Nails' heads projecting above the shoe. 5. Clinches being unlevel or rasped off. 6. Rasping the front of the hoof. 7. The shoes are usually too heavy. 8. Shoes are allowed to remain on too long. 9. Shoes either too short or too long. 10. Shoes not having a level bearing for foot
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