. Agriculture of Maine. ... annual report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Agriculture -- Maine. 142 BOARD OF AGIirCULTURE. the other side. If the cant be the other waj, and the outside quarter raise the ^Yei2ht, the inside edge of the shoe is thrown round and upward, and runs the risk of cutting with it the opposite leg. Even when the horse from having a naturally good gait escapes both these evils, still he is not free from trouble caused by this shape of shoe. The fore foot of the horse, as nature mates it, has no such pro- jection in front and downward as that which the
. Agriculture of Maine. ... annual report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Agriculture -- Maine. 142 BOARD OF AGIirCULTURE. the other side. If the cant be the other waj, and the outside quarter raise the ^Yei2ht, the inside edge of the shoe is thrown round and upward, and runs the risk of cutting with it the opposite leg. Even when the horse from having a naturally good gait escapes both these evils, still he is not free from trouble caused by this shape of shoe. The fore foot of the horse, as nature mates it, has no such pro- jection in front and downward as that which the smiths here gave it, but rather the reverse. The sole surfixce at the toe is commonly broken off and notched back at the middle, so that the pressure, when the foot strikes the ground or the animal is raising his weight, is distributed over the whole front of the foot. In accordance with this, the coffin bone (see figure 3) which fills the internal cavity of the hoof, has the same turned-up and notched-back Firr. 3. Figure 3.—Is a drawing of a fore foot coffin bone, in a position to show one side entire and a part of the front. The front is to the right hand, the notch indicating the centre of the toe. This blunted form, which the hoof also soon assumes if left bare, and which we do not see in the corresponding bone of the hind foot, has an evident connection with the use of the member it belongs to; and is to give a broad firm opposition to the concussion caused by the foot striking the ground; and a solid and stable base over which the animal may raise his weight. In the English form of shoes, with plain toes, and tips let into the front of the hoof as in figures 8, 13, 14, and 17, this natural position of tread is nearly followed; but more so in that of the French shoe (figure 18) with its rounded up front. Nowhere in the world has so much scientific study and attention been given. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have be
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