. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. SAND CRACK. Dressed, shod and b:ind;iu'cd fo r work, when rest cannot be j^ivcn. IV. Seedy Toe. Sci'dv toe is a dry, mealy coiiditina of tlu^ wall at the toe. Causes.—1' '"^ causod usually l)y liruisiny of tiictoc, by the (lip )f th. SEEUY TOE. lowinc: the scpnrat of the Willi Irom soft )):irts undclnc: shoe bi'iuii- I'ouiidod into the toe too tightly ; and the I)ruised part takes on a sort of dry rot, or jiangi-ene, which extends up between the wall and the huninae. It eausi's tenderness of the


. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. SAND CRACK. Dressed, shod and b:ind;iu'cd fo r work, when rest cannot be j^ivcn. IV. Seedy Toe. Sci'dv toe is a dry, mealy coiiditina of tlu^ wall at the toe. Causes.—1' '"^ causod usually l)y liruisiny of tiictoc, by the (lip )f th. SEEUY TOE. lowinc: the scpnrat of the Willi Irom soft )):irts undclnc: shoe bi'iuii- I'ouiidod into the toe too tightly ; and the I)ruised part takes on a sort of dry rot, or jiangi-ene, which extends up between the wall and the huninae. It eausi's tenderness of the foot when bad, but is rarely met with. It is a sei)aration of (he two layers of horn which i„„ compose the crust of the hoof, resultinu; from disease ,\'i','; due to bruises or faulty condition of the l)ody. How to know it.—When the shoe is removed, a mealy, whitish-looking subsiance will lie seen immediately under the wall, at the toe, running up towtirds the hair, sometimes for an inch or so, and ma}'be picked or bi-oken down easily Avith a nail, leaving a hollow Itcneath the shell. What to do.—Pare away the at the toe after taking off the .shoe, so as to remove the bearing then^from. Pick out all the mealy substance that breaks down easily, and turn in warm tar, and press in a little wad of tow. Ke])lace the shoe, ;uul apply a mild blistt'r of cantharides to 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 Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson & co.


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