Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . Fig 484.—Location of Nails. Fig. 485.—French Method of Nailing the foot forward to ease it, give the matter attention at once. Firstrest the hand lightly upon the hoof to discover whether there is anyunusual heat, and if so, at what point; next take a light hammeror small stone, and tap lightly round over the nails, until the horse 38 Fig. 486.—The Hoof of a Fore Fool Showing the BadEffects of Excessive Rasping. flinches, when the of-fending nail or nailscan be discovered andp
Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . Fig 484.—Location of Nails. Fig. 485.—French Method of Nailing the foot forward to ease it, give the matter attention at once. Firstrest the hand lightly upon the hoof to discover whether there is anyunusual heat, and if so, at what point; next take a light hammeror small stone, and tap lightly round over the nails, until the horse 38 Fig. 486.—The Hoof of a Fore Fool Showing the BadEffects of Excessive Rasping. flinches, when the of-fending nail or nailscan be discovered andpulled out. If this isdone soon after beingshod or during thesame day, all that maybe necessary to do is toleave the nail out. I have had excellentsuccess by pouring alittle callendula intothe hole. In one case,where there was con-siderable soreness afew hours after beingshod, though the horsewas quite lame on ac-count of the nail beingdriven too deep, afterpulling out then ail, alittle callendula was poured in, and the shoe again put on, and thehorse in a few hours was free from lameness. But if he shows lame-ness in a day or so after being shod, cut away the wall from around the hole, so as tolet out any mat-ter which mayhave fo r m e poultice thefoot until the in-flammation sub-sides, then coverthe hole with alittle digestiveointment (whichis made by melt-ing together equalparts of tar andhogs lard, andstirring till cool), over whic
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