The practical horseshoer Being a collection of articles on horseshoeing in all its branches which have appeared from time to time in the columns of "The Blacksmith and wheelwright" .. . he horse in. When I get the horsein I tie him with two straps so that he cannot move hishead from one side to the other. I then raise the platform,carrying him with it, of course, as high as I desire ; thestraps F are then hooked over the pins shown in the en-g-ravings. These pins are placed to suit any take two belts, put a ring in each end of each belt, andadd four or five links to the end as in
The practical horseshoer Being a collection of articles on horseshoeing in all its branches which have appeared from time to time in the columns of "The Blacksmith and wheelwright" .. . he horse in. When I get the horsein I tie him with two straps so that he cannot move hishead from one side to the other. I then raise the platform,carrying him with it, of course, as high as I desire ; thestraps F are then hooked over the pins shown in the en-g-ravings. These pins are placed to suit any take two belts, put a ring in each end of each belt, andadd four or five links to the end as indicated in the engrav-ing, and when the horse is high enough, I hook the links of THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 85 the pins and let the platform drop. The horse can then he shodwith ease. In this way I have shod horses that could notbe handled by any other plan. To make the belts I taketwo, each eight inches wide, which makes the belt 16 incheswide, and it is to be remembered that the wider the belt isthe better.—Bij N. P. S. Stocks for Shoeing Ugly Mules and Horses. This stock consists of light wood posts put well dow^n inthe ground. These posts are 12 feet long, 8 feet high, and. Fig. 59.—Stock for Shoeing Ugly Mules. are set about 2^ feet apart and secured by plates at top, asshown in illustration, Fig. 59. To the cross piece, 1, is at-tached the belly-piece, or band, 5. No. 2 is the roller, towhich is attached the belly-band. Nos. 3 and 4 are the leversfor winding up the roller. When wound to the requiredheight it is held in place by permitting one end of the leverto strike against the plate, as shown. Two holes should be S6 THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. mortised through the roller, at rig-lit angles to each other,for the accommodation of the levers. Nos. 6 and 7 aremovable pieces, which are only in use while the mule orhorse is being secured. Then they are detached and laidaside, to give the w^orkman free access to the feetof the animal. At No. 8 two ropes are representedwhich
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