Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . Fig. 548.—Screw for Spreading Stioe. Fig. 549.—The Shoe as Adjusted. of redness, on account of not being entirely grown out. The con-tracted quarter was also out to its natural position, the change forthe better in all respects being very gratifying. An ordinary flatshoe was now put on, when he traveled as well as ever. The ma- 60 jority of such cases can be easily cured while the horse is kept at his usual work, by putting on an open shoe if the foot will bear it, if not, a l
Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . Fig. 548.—Screw for Spreading Stioe. Fig. 549.—The Shoe as Adjusted. of redness, on account of not being entirely grown out. The con-tracted quarter was also out to its natural position, the change forthe better in all respects being very gratifying. An ordinary flatshoe was now put on, when he traveled as well as ever. The ma- 60 jority of such cases can be easily cured while the horse is kept at his usual work, by putting on an open shoe if the foot will bear it, if not, a light bar shoe, with the part coming under the corn en-tirely cut away, leaving only sufficient to cover the wall. It will not matter whether the bar is cut away or not, as there will be nothing over it to harbor gravel or dirt. It would be ad-visable to fit the shoe carefully, or even drive two or three nails, to know exactly the position of the shoe upon the wall. Then mark the part to be cut out, when the nails can be pulled out, the part cut or filed away properly, and the shoe again nailed in success in the treatment of the case referred to, led me to believe I had made an important discovery, as I had not found it laid down by any authorities onshoeing. Since then, upon in-vestigation, I have found that theprinciple was we/ understood bymany old authorities, though themethod of treatment, as will beseen, was slightly differe
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