. The successful stockman and manual of husbandry . Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 248 THB HORSB. attributable, to the aggravated amount of battering on hard pavements which his needless weight of shoes causes. The upper surface of the shoe should be perfectly level. If the plane of the web inclines from outward inward, it greatly adds to the unavoidable tendency to contraction which shoeing invariably entails, and there is a wealth of unwisdom in most of the clumsy attempts at mechanically spreading the heels by making the inclination in the contrary direction. It would seem to be unnecessar
. The successful stockman and manual of husbandry . Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 248 THB HORSB. attributable, to the aggravated amount of battering on hard pavements which his needless weight of shoes causes. The upper surface of the shoe should be perfectly level. If the plane of the web inclines from outward inward, it greatly adds to the unavoidable tendency to contraction which shoeing invariably entails, and there is a wealth of unwisdom in most of the clumsy attempts at mechanically spreading the heels by making the inclination in the contrary direction. It would seem to be unnecessary to say that the shoe should be so shaped as to conform exactly to the natural tread of the foot, yet there is a very common practice of using a shoe of uniform shape, often less in circumference, if such a term is permissible, than the foot on which. 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 Gardenier, Andrew A. Springfield, Mass. : King-Richardson Co.
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