. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 1891 2Pie 3Pr*jedje* anil jBpartemm 41 COBNS IN HORSES. [ow They Are Caused and How They May B© Removed. Corns are caused by braises, bad shoeing, and a Datarally mtracted hoof, bat the blacksmith is the party who, in iiost cases, prepares the corn ground. This he does by lisping down the hoof, paring the inner shell,and cuttiDg so inch born from the heels that they give beneath the weight i the horse each time he plants his hoofs on hard reads or iavement. Then, again, a shoe that fits close to the hoof om toe to heel is almost sure to make corns by bruising j
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 1891 2Pie 3Pr*jedje* anil jBpartemm 41 COBNS IN HORSES. [ow They Are Caused and How They May B© Removed. Corns are caused by braises, bad shoeing, and a Datarally mtracted hoof, bat the blacksmith is the party who, in iiost cases, prepares the corn ground. This he does by lisping down the hoof, paring the inner shell,and cuttiDg so inch born from the heels that they give beneath the weight i the horse each time he plants his hoofs on hard reads or iavement. Then, again, a shoe that fits close to the hoof om toe to heel is almost sure to make corns by bruising jad pressure. [ A corn is found invariably in the angle formed by the bars ad crusts in front of the heel. It is a spongy growth that as small circular masses of fissue banded together that have >roed their way through the crust and project below its arface. These fleshy filaments are well supplied with nerves od are very tender on pressure. Occasionally a corn may suppurate, matter may form; but t3 the corn is on the surface and has penetrated the crust, lie matter never forces its way upward to the top of the ')Ot, and if matter ever does find its way up there your pa- lent is suffering from gravel, a some other cause. Now, we have a corn, we have pared the angle, we have iit into a soft, pulpy, red mass from which the blood is ooz- lg. What are the indications? 1, Eemoval. 2. Preven- (on of return. If your horse has a narrow hoof and is contracted at both eels the indications are to spread the hoof. This can be |3ne by rest and a moist pasture field; but the animal must (b worked; he must carry a shoe. So we commence by par- jig out the angle and removing the projecting corn with the :nife. The next step is to reach the whole pulpy, unnatural rowth, tbat is realty a fleshy fungus. ' Nitric acid simply burns the outer surface, it does not 'enetrate, so also butter of antimony, caustic and lactio ;id concentrated, but we have one remedy left and that is aloride
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