Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . ooffrom one nail to the other. This is so injurious thatit should not be permittedeven to the smallest rasping of the outer sur-face of the wall should beallowed, excepting to touchor smooth any roughnessof the clinches, and toround of the edge of thewall dawn near the has been explained underthe proper head, that theinner surface of the wallsoft and spongy, and thatas it approaches the outersurface, it becomes hard and ^ bony, and the fibers closer and denser, and tha
Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . ooffrom one nail to the other. This is so injurious thatit should not be permittedeven to the smallest rasping of the outer sur-face of the wall should beallowed, excepting to touchor smooth any roughnessof the clinches, and toround of the edge of thewall dawn near the has been explained underthe proper head, that theinner surface of the wallsoft and spongy, and thatas it approaches the outersurface, it becomes hard and ^ bony, and the fibers closer and denser, and that over the surface is asort of skin or thin covering of enamel, that prevents too rapid evap-oration of moisture ; and it is necessary to retain intact this strongfibrous horn, as well as its outer covering, so as to hold the nailsfirmly, as well as to prevent the excessive evaporation of moisturewhich would follow. Should the shoe be too short, which is liable to happen, toremedy the difficulty it is the common custom to set it back underthe wall, and rasp the thick, strong wall, extending out over the. Fig. 474.—Adjustment between Heel and Turn of Foot.
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