. Agriculture of Maine. ... annual report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Agriculture -- Maine. SECRETARY'S REPORT. I45. Fi^. 5. -t3 Figures 4 and 5—Are perspective views, the one of a for@, the other of a hind foot shoe, showing in slightly different aspects the objectionable forms of the toe caulks to which I have above alluded; and representing a system that was, at the time I speak of, all but invariable here in the formation of this part of the" shoe. Both shoes were taken off feet in which severe lameness had been suddenly caused by a false step, jerk or twist, t
. Agriculture of Maine. ... annual report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Agriculture -- Maine. SECRETARY'S REPORT. I45. Fi^. 5. -t3 Figures 4 and 5—Are perspective views, the one of a for@, the other of a hind foot shoe, showing in slightly different aspects the objectionable forms of the toe caulks to which I have above alluded; and representing a system that was, at the time I speak of, all but invariable here in the formation of this part of the" shoe. Both shoes were taken off feet in which severe lameness had been suddenly caused by a false step, jerk or twist, the fault being, (as in hundreds of other cases where it is never suspected,) from the animal's tread- ing on something hard or impenetrable, with the narrow point on which he is propped up. I have often admired the almost artistic care bestowed by some of our smiths, in bringing to the nicest point this part of the shoe, which, after all, has nothing but the dirt among the horse's feet to come in contact with, while leaving the other side, to which the elastic and often tender foot has to be nailed, twisted, uneven and unworkmanlike. From the degrees of care they bestow on the different sides of the shoe, one would almost think the foot was the insensible body and the road the animated and sensitive being; but the reason probably lies in the fact of the side of the shoe next the foot being hidden when it is nailed on. Both the shoes from which the sketches represented were taken, were made in St. John. Another of the errors in shoeing which I found current when I came here, was the want of a tip or projection, turned up on the point of the shoe for an abutment against the toe of the hoof. It seemed to me that in respect of this, the smiths had turned the shoe wrong side up, giving a tip downwards where nature never designed it to be, and denying one upwards where it was essentially wanted. As from the long toes, so from this also the fore feet are the greatest 10. Please note
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