Veterinary medicine, animal castration, surgery and obstetrics simplified . and is di-vided into toe, quarters and heels. The Sole is a thick plateof horn which occupies the ground surface of the foot exceptthat part which is protected by the frog and bars. The Frog isa prominent mass of spongy horn lodged between the bars, fill-ing up the triangular space. The horn of the frog differs con-siderable from that of the wall or sole, being much finer andsofter. The color of the hoof varies, but usually correspondsto that of the neighboring skin. The hoof, which forms ahorny box, contains the pedis
Veterinary medicine, animal castration, surgery and obstetrics simplified . and is di-vided into toe, quarters and heels. The Sole is a thick plateof horn which occupies the ground surface of the foot exceptthat part which is protected by the frog and bars. The Frog isa prominent mass of spongy horn lodged between the bars, fill-ing up the triangular space. The horn of the frog differs con-siderable from that of the wall or sole, being much finer andsofter. The color of the hoof varies, but usually correspondsto that of the neighboring skin. The hoof, which forms ahorny box, contains the pedis bone, the navicular bone andthe coronea bone, the lateral cartilage (soft part of the heel),the sensitive frog, the sensitive lamina and sensitive sole, theligaments and tendons which forms the attachments, the bloodvessels and arteries which supply life and nourishment; alsothe nerves which impart the sense of feeling. The shape of THE HORSES FOOT the horses foot is by many said to be round—describing acircle. While this may be true of some feet it is not true [the right foot.] Being a practical as well as a theoretical shoer, I amable to speak from experience. I have found many, in factthe majority, of all feet with the inside of the hoof less round-ing than the outside and the longest point of the foot inside ofthe center at the toe, as is shown in the cut. This pro-minence or long point the average horse shoer removes bymaking the shoe to fit his eye (round), which he nails onthe foot; then he takes his toe knife and chops off the innerpart of the foot which so changes the swing of the foot that itcomes in contact with Ihe fetlock of the grounded foot, caus-ing what is called Interfering, of which we will speak later the first place, taking the normal foot as a guide, thefrog, bars and sole of the foot should never be cut away, as isthe common practice. Secondly, all calkings and toe piecesshould be done away with for all horses except those used for QUARTE
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