The practical horseshoer Being a collection of articles on horseshoeing in all its branches which have appeared from time to time in the columns of "The Blacksmith and wheelwright" .. . is can easily be done by filing the ironoff as the toe is being drawn out, when the shoe is fitted tothe foot. It is now ready for tempering, and this is myway of tempering. Heat toe and heel to a good cherry redand then cool the shoe off by dipping in Avater and holding-it there till cool. Hold the edge of the calk in the fire anddraw the temper to a copper color. Heavy mower sections,such as the Buckeye, make
The practical horseshoer Being a collection of articles on horseshoeing in all its branches which have appeared from time to time in the columns of "The Blacksmith and wheelwright" .. . is can easily be done by filing the ironoff as the toe is being drawn out, when the shoe is fitted tothe foot. It is now ready for tempering, and this is myway of tempering. Heat toe and heel to a good cherry redand then cool the shoe off by dipping in Avater and holding-it there till cool. Hold the edge of the calk in the fire anddraw the temper to a copper color. Heavy mower sections,such as the Buckeye, make good slips for ice or snow roads,but are too light to stand frozeu ground or stone. Thesteel of a circular saw is the best I have ever used.—% B, THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 221 Sharpening Calks—Setting Heels and Toes. My belief is that many blacksmiths set the toe calk underinstead of setting- it out as it should be. After the toe iswelded turn the heels in the air and sharpen from the in-side of the toe with the pane of the hammer. This givesthe outward slant in sharpening so the shoe is not thrownout of shape. A horse in pulling-, sets the heel down first, which makes. B B Fig. 122—Sharpening Calks. V the shoe slant, and if it slants inward the horse will slipin pulling up-hill, while if it slants outward he gets a firmhold. Never set the heels square across. They should alwaysbe set with the curve of the shoe and then they prevent thehorse from slipping sidewise. Slope them toward eachother as shown in the illustration, Fig. 123, in which B Brepresents the heels and A the toe.—By H. R, 222 THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. To Shoe a Horse that Crosses one Leg Over the Otiier. To prevent a horse calking himself that has the fault ixfcrossing- one hind leg- with the other, I emplo^^ the plangiven below. I would say that three customers of mineeach own a horse that had the same fault. I tried differentways to stop it, hut found no way so good as to shoe themwith a shoe on
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