. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. FEET OF TJIE HORSE AND THEIR DISEASES. 257 and let the frojT conie right down to the ground. Set the shoes once ev- ery three or four weeks, and repeat the above treatment each time, and in the course of throe or four months, you will have a decent foot. There are several methods of spreading the heels by force, but in the long run they arc all impracticable, and cannot be recommended. In addition to the above treatment, the feet may be packed with any soft packing, or a wet sponge held to the sole b


. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. FEET OF TJIE HORSE AND THEIR DISEASES. 257 and let the frojT conie right down to the ground. Set the shoes once ev- ery three or four weeks, and repeat the above treatment each time, and in the course of throe or four months, you will have a decent foot. There are several methods of spreading the heels by force, but in the long run they arc all impracticable, and cannot be recommended. In addition to the above treatment, the feet may be packed with any soft packing, or a wet sponge held to the sole by any one of the many devices for that pur- pose ; or the horse may be stood in a soak tub of either hot or cold water a couple of hours in the forenoon, and the same in the afternoon ; or stand him in a clay puddle, as prescribed for Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson & co.


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