Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . Fig. 488.—Good Model of Concave Shoe. vent and cure con-traction. I givea variety of figuresshowing someforms of shoes andmethods of ex-panding the quar-ters. Contractionmay be dividedinto three class-es : 1. A generalcompression, ordrawing in of thewall upon thevascular struct-ure ; 2. When butone or both quarters are drawn in ; 3. When the heels are curledin, or pushed forward under the foot. The prevention and cure ofcontraction must depend upon re-moving excess of horn, frog-press-u
Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . Fig. 488.—Good Model of Concave Shoe. vent and cure con-traction. I givea variety of figuresshowing someforms of shoes andmethods of ex-panding the quar-ters. Contractionmay be dividedinto three class-es : 1. A generalcompression, ordrawing in of thewall upon thevascular struct-ure ; 2. When butone or both quarters are drawn in ; 3. When the heels are curledin, or pushed forward under the foot. The prevention and cure ofcontraction must depend upon re-moving excess of horn, frog-press-ure, freedom of the quarters, or, ifnecessary, opening them mechan-ically as desired, and upon moist-ure. Any of these conditionslacking, there must in seriouscases be partial or entire failure,no matter what the means ormethods used. If the feet couldhave conditions that would afford natural moisture, and the shoes be made so thin that the frogand sole could have reason-able contact with the ground,the quarters so free thatthey could expand with thegrowth of the feet, therecould be but little if anyco
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