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" .. . and shape. Do nothave your shoe too cold, for if you do you may keep it onso long as to heat the foot through and injure it.—ByGranite State. Interfering, How to Prevent it. In regard to interfering, I have had the best success Avithhorses that interfere by paring the foot as small as it willdo. HaA^e the foot perfectly level, then fit the shoe to the ITO THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. foot, not tlie foot to the sho
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" .. . and shape. Do nothave your shoe too cold, for if you do you may keep it onso long as to heat the foot through and injure it.—ByGranite State. Interfering, How to Prevent it. In regard to interfering, I have had the best success Avithhorses that interfere by paring the foot as small as it willdo. HaA^e the foot perfectly level, then fit the shoe to the ITO THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. foot, not tlie foot to the shoe. Do not fit the inside of theslioe under the foot, and the outside full, but keep tlieinside of the shoe fall and instead of putting a clip on theoutside of the shoe put it on the inside of the shoe, aboutone-third the length of the shoe from the heel. I havefound that this plan will stop the .worst kind of cases ofinterfering if the ankles are. not too badly swollen.—ByG. F. J. Curing an Interfering Horse. Some time ago a young man came into my shop with afine black filh^ that^ was interfering badly, and asked me ifI could cure her. Looking at the animals legs I remarked. Fig. 04—A Shoe for Interfering Horses. it was asking a good deal of a man to cure her in the condi-tion she then was in. I believe I would be safe in sayingthat a circle of an inch and a half would not have covered the THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. iTi space on her legs that was raw and bleeding. But I m-fornied him I would do the best I could, and I cured thatmare. As ni}^ manner of treating such cases maj^ be ofbenefit to some of my brother mechanics, I will describe do not use a regular interfering shoe, for I find it will notwork in a bad case of interference. Of course, I preparethe foot carefully, leaving the inside a little the higher, ifpossible. I then take any shoe and raising the heel calkon the inside, put my toe calk considerably past the centeron the inside, leaving the outside calk pla
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