. A text-book of horseshoeing for horseshoers and veterinarians. Horseshoeing. HORSESHOEING. 91 G-eneral Properties. 1. Form.—A form corresponding to the shape of the hoof is indispensable in every slioe. Front and hind and right and left shoes should be sharply defined and easily distinguishable. Front shoes must, above all else, be round at Fig. 81. Fig. Eight front shoe, ground-surface. Eight front shoe, hoof-surface: u, hearing-sur- face ; b, concaving, or "seating.' the toe. Hind shoes, on the contrary, should be pointed at the toe, yet not too much so, but as in Fig. 86. 2. Wid
. A text-book of horseshoeing for horseshoers and veterinarians. Horseshoeing. HORSESHOEING. 91 G-eneral Properties. 1. Form.—A form corresponding to the shape of the hoof is indispensable in every slioe. Front and hind and right and left shoes should be sharply defined and easily distinguishable. Front shoes must, above all else, be round at Fig. 81. Fig. Eight front shoe, ground-surface. Eight front shoe, hoof-surface: u, hearing-sur- face ; b, concaving, or "seating.' the toe. Hind shoes, on the contrary, should be pointed at the toe, yet not too much so, but as in Fig. 86. 2. Width.—All shoes should be wider webbed (more covered) at the toe than at the ends of the branches. The medium width should be about twice the thickness of the wall. 3. Thickness.—Each shoe should, in general terms, be so thick that it need not be renewed under four weeks. Lungwitz found that the average required thickness is about seven-six- teenths of an inch. Of course, this thickness must be dimin- ished or increased according to the rapidity of wear of the shoe. Shoes without calks should be of uniform thickness, unless there are special reasons for making them otherwise. 4. Length.—For draught-horses they should be long enough to reach the bulbs of the heel, though in other respects they may differ (see " special properties"), but should in all cases completely cover the bearing-surface of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lungwitz, A. (Anton), 1845-; Adams, John William, 1862- tr. Philadelphia [etc. ] J. B. Lippincott Company
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