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" .. . Figs. 134 and 135—Still Additional Forms of Bar Shoes. were published. Some smiths pride themselves on makinga bar shoe without welding the bar separately. It is justas convenient to weld the bar across if yoa have a piece ofiron at hand suitable. Some blacksmiths place a gum or THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 229 leather pad over the bar to rest the fro^ on, and to act as acushion. Oftentimes this device produces go
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" .. . Figs. 134 and 135—Still Additional Forms of Bar Shoes. were published. Some smiths pride themselves on makinga bar shoe without welding the bar separately. It is justas convenient to weld the bar across if yoa have a piece ofiron at hand suitable. Some blacksmiths place a gum or THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 229 leather pad over the bar to rest the fro^ on, and to act as acushion. Oftentimes this device produces good results of the application of a bar shoe are very uncer-tain. Some smiths can fit an ordinary shoe with g*ood suc-cess, but are totally in darkness when the least judg-mentor ingenuity is required in the work. In the applicationand proper fitting of a bar shoe to a horses foot there isneed of great care. There are many floormen who have. Fig. 136—Showing the Shoe J. F. Button uses on Contracted Feet. the knack of setting a shoe after it has been fitted by thefireman with better results than if they nailed it when firstfitted. In Figs. 131, 132, 133, 134 and 135 are given severalforms of bar shoes.—By C. S. Shoeing Contracted Feet. I herewith explain my method of shoeing horses thathave contracted hoof should first be well and neatly pared down, all 230 THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. dead horn removed from the sole and the wall thinned byrasping. I then shoe with a shoe made as shown in theillustration, Fig\ 136. I shape the shoe with the inside atthe heels the highest. This has the tendencj^ to spread thefoot. I leave this shoe on about three weeks, and then re-shoe, using a shoe with a little more spread. After a fewre-settings 3^ou will have the heel as wide as required. I have shod a great many horses after this simple method,and never knew it to fail. In this section of the countrythe ground is ver^^ hard
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