. Dr. Le Gear's stock book ... comprising a description of the general care, feeding and watering, stabling and breeding, and all the diseases and their treatment, of stock in Texas and the South ... Veterinary medicine. •248 Dr. LeGeab's Stock Book. horseshoeing is what is needed at the present time, more so than ever "before. THE FOOT. Preparing the foot for the shoe is of the greatest practical importance in the farrier's art. This is one of the first tilings he must learn to do. and it takes considerable time, study, and prac- tice to learn how to do it prop- erly. It is advisable at
. Dr. Le Gear's stock book ... comprising a description of the general care, feeding and watering, stabling and breeding, and all the diseases and their treatment, of stock in Texas and the South ... Veterinary medicine. •248 Dr. LeGeab's Stock Book. horseshoeing is what is needed at the present time, more so than ever "before. THE FOOT. Preparing the foot for the shoe is of the greatest practical importance in the farrier's art. This is one of the first tilings he must learn to do. and it takes considerable time, study, and prac- tice to learn how to do it prop- erly. It is advisable at first to get a dead foot, dissect it, and study its anatomy before prac- ticing on the living animal, as most beginners do. You will find the anatomy of a horse's foot an interesting study, and time spent studying it will not be time lost. The structure learned, you will know where to cut and where to stop cutting in the preparation of the foot for the shoe. All extra growth of wall and sole should be care- fully removed by cutting or rasping it down to its natural size. (Fig. 54.) Use a great deal of judgment in doing this, as there are scarcely two feet alike. Some grow fast, while others grow slow; some are high-heeled, and some low; some have thick, concave soles, while others are thin and flat. Flat-footed horses have thin soles, while club feet, etc., have the opposite. A good rule to go by is to pare down the foot until you come to what may be called the "white line," or union of sole and wall. All the horn removed in cutting down to this white line is extra growth and should be cut away. In flat feet little paring is. Fig. 54. The Foot, ready for the shoe, showing the frog and bars as they should be 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 Le Gear, Louis D; Le Gear, Newton G
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