Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . vel, and the ground surface concave, or the in-ner edge of the ground surface so beveled off that it will not harbor stones and dirt, and be so stiff that it will not bend. As before stated, if the horse is expected to be driven only oc-casionally, and upon common dirt roads, the wear will be but little, and the shoes should be corre-spondingly light ; but if muchtravel is required, on stony ormacadamized roads, the weightshould be sufficient to sustainsuch wear. The addition of asmall


Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . vel, and the ground surface concave, or the in-ner edge of the ground surface so beveled off that it will not harbor stones and dirt, and be so stiff that it will not bend. As before stated, if the horse is expected to be driven only oc-casionally, and upon common dirt roads, the wear will be but little, and the shoes should be corre-spondingly light ; but if muchtravel is required, on stony ormacadamized roads, the weightshould be sufficient to sustainsuch wear. The addition of asmall bit of steel, hammeredwell into the toe, and tempered,would add greatly to its dur-ability. It would be muchbetter to make them wholly ofsteel, as they would be verymuch lighter, equally stiff, andless liable to bend. In a condition of health,from a light family driver tothe heavy draught horse, the „ , _ . principle of shoeing is the Fig. 456.—Fool too Long. ^ ^, . , . ,*^ same ; the size, thickness, and weight only differing so as to adapt to each case, with the difference Fig. 455.—Too SHOEING. 29


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