. Biggle horse book. Horses. John Tucker says: 7^he way to lift the viortgage is to hitch tuw i^'ooii breeding ?}iares to it and but them go. The difference between a good horseshoer and a poor one : the one is a thinker^ the other a tinker. A clean stable is like a clean heart, ft niea)is better thinijs. Cast-iron rules 7uill not do in horse management any more than in the family. What is a horse good for witliout sound feet ? Some horsemen will lie^ and about horses^ too. It is mea7i^ but it is so. /t's poor policy to be mooning round in the barn 7oith a lantern. Nobody is more fnlly humbugg
. Biggle horse book. Horses. John Tucker says: 7^he way to lift the viortgage is to hitch tuw i^'ooii breeding ?}iares to it and but them go. The difference between a good horseshoer and a poor one : the one is a thinker^ the other a tinker. A clean stable is like a clean heart, ft niea)is better thinijs. Cast-iron rules 7uill not do in horse management any more than in the family. What is a horse good for witliout sound feet ? Some horsemen will lie^ and about horses^ too. It is mea7i^ but it is so. /t's poor policy to be mooning round in the barn 7oith a lantern. Nobody is more fnlly humbugged than a farmer 7uho S7uallo7us the pedigree of a mongrel stallion. Brai^^in^ does 7iot ?/iake a ^ood horse. CHAPTER XH. SHOEING. Proper Treatment of the Feet in Shoeing—Mistakes Pointed Out—Fitting the Shoe to the Foot—Contracted Feet— Interfering and Striking—Frequent Shoeing Necessary. Proper treatment of the foot is one of the principal requisites in the care of horses. Ignorant blacksmiths damage more horses tlian they benefit by the close paring of the hoof at heel and sole, and rasping of the walls. *' Take care of the shuck and the middle will take care of ; This statement, made recently by one of the best shoers I have ever known, is the terse expression of a great truth. It is his custom to put on the shoes cold, after carefully fitting them to the hoof, which is rasped level or pared as little as possible. He does not '' clean up the frog," ^^open the heels," rasp off the walls, thin the sole, nor in any way disturb himself to circumvent nature's efforts to protect that sensitive and beautiful creation—the horse's foot—so wonderfully hung, adjusted and boxed. The horse with contracted heels! what a bugbear he is, and how the average bungler loves to get hold of him and display his wisdom and ability (?). Contracted feet are pro- duced by artificial conditions and faulty shoeing. The great. Please note that these images are extract
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