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" .. . ^ bear. The shoe rep-resented in Fig. 104 should be used upon horses intendedfor draught purposes, the nails being placed from thefront of the quarters toward the heel. The toe calkin being placed well back from the toe, light-ens the stress at the point where its weakness is the great-. Fig. 104-A Shoe Suitable for Draught Horses. est, and allows an easier play of the foot when in the split occurs
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" .. . ^ bear. The shoe rep-resented in Fig. 104 should be used upon horses intendedfor draught purposes, the nails being placed from thefront of the quarters toward the heel. The toe calkin being placed well back from the toe, light-ens the stress at the point where its weakness is the great-. Fig. 104-A Shoe Suitable for Draught Horses. est, and allows an easier play of the foot when in the split occurs in the foot of a horse used for generalbusiness work, lower the heel and shorten the toe as muchas safety will permit and thin the heel of the shoe to obtainstrong frog pressure, removing: the pressure around the toeof the foot as before directed.,—By W. O. Robinson. Curing a Split Hoof. I give herewith a simple way of curing a split hoof. In commencing the job, I make an aw^l two and one-half 192 THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. inches long- and as large as a No. 6 or 7 nail. I make itoval, with a sharp point and sharp edges on the point anddo not temper it because the horse may jump and break put it in a handle four or five inches long and boro-a hole v= S) Fig. 105—Nail for a Split Hoof. with it as high up on the hoof as possible. I begin a halfor a quarter of an inch from the split and bore as deep asthe horse will stand. I bore the hole to the split or cr
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