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" .. . Fig. 88-A Swage for Calks. fering, but the remedy is worse than the disease. Theuseful little tool shown in Fig. 88 is a calk swage that Ioften find convenient in upsetting and squaring sharp calksand also in welding toe calks that have been partially loos-ened by sharpening. I think any explanation in regardto it unnecessary, as its construction is clearly shown in thecnt—Bij C. H. H. A Shoe for Interfering Ho
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" .. . Fig. 88-A Swage for Calks. fering, but the remedy is worse than the disease. Theuseful little tool shown in Fig. 88 is a calk swage that Ioften find convenient in upsetting and squaring sharp calksand also in welding toe calks that have been partially loos-ened by sharpening. I think any explanation in regardto it unnecessary, as its construction is clearly shown in thecnt—Bij C. H. H. A Shoe for Interfering Horses. I will describe my wa^^ of shoeing interfering smiths in shoeing an interfering horse, pare the footon one side, a quarter or half an inch lowei than on the THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 161 other. Sometimes the paring is done on the inside andsometimes on the outside. Now, I was taught to parethe foot lower on the outside, taking* out one-quarter ofan inch so as to make the horse wide between the Fig. 89—A Shoe made by J. J. for Interfering Horses. I was told to make the shoe with about the same differ-ence in height, the outside being* about a quarter of aninch the lower. It is clear that by this method thehorses legs are strained all the time, ^nd the bearing- isall on the inside of the shoe, consequently the shoe willnot remain on the foot long. My present method of shoe-ing is shown in the accompan3ang illustration, Fig. shoe is made wide on one side and of the same thick-ness, consequently when the horse stands upright on hisfeet there will be no strain, but when he puts up his foot 162 THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. to move, the wide or heavy side of the shoe, being- on theinside, has a tendenc^^ to throw his feet or ankles apart.—By J. J. Fitting Shoes, Curing Overreaching and hiterfering. I took two premiums in Indiana for horseshoeing, andtherefore 3our readers may be interested in my methodsof doing such work. I first pare the hoof leve
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