The Republican journal., 1873-03-20
Farm, Garden, and Household.
Advice TO Blacksmiths on Shoeing Young
Animals.

RHlHldES.
Let me onioin you for humanitv's sake
that when you first undertake to shoe 2
young animal you Will not forget the value
OF kind treatment. Keep its head turned
away from the glaring fire. the cHnking
Hnvl. NC, sc. Let the man whom he has
been accustomed to. The groom or owner.
stand at his head and talk to him kindly
When You approach him FIR the first time
let 1t be with those Instruments Won are to
u>2 IN his Sho"4no Speak to him gently,
then take UP his foot. II he refuses to let
You DO this. let the person having him in
charge do IT, 4 young animal will allow
This with a person he is accustomed to.
when he viii repcl stranger BY treating
him kindly YOU can make him understand
what is wanted; by abusing him Won will
only frighten him into ohstinacv. When
YOU have got the animal under perfect sub
lection, examine the foot carefully, and YOU
viii find the heels, at The back part of the
frog. entirely free from that member, which
j. soft and spongy. When the foot is
down, resting on The ground grasp the
heels with your strong hand, press them
inwardS toward the frog. and Won will i'm
mediatelv dnA that they yield. You will
then see that what Yields 50 easily 10 the
mere pressure of She hand will expand and
''l' 't'' filf w IIttt ne weight Ol llt DOUk is
thrown on it, This should give Won an
idea of what you have to do in shoeing
that loot and Your practical kno~ledge
5honld stand you we'll in an argument with
any Ol those carurd professors" " who de
rlarc That the foot ot the horse does not eN-
pani or contract
In truth it is one Of it's necessary cOndi-
tiuns. After being Il long time badly sh0d
nrArv or all this necessary principle Of the
foot will he lost. You should therefore
~tni} 10 preserve it, And here let me give
You what little aid experience has enabled
npr ga TO. You will observe the ground
~nrtac" of the foot, no matter how high the
arch may be, TO be AT least half an inch wide
ana sometimes more than an inch with The
heels spread 0ut at the inside quarter DO
not cut away THIS important brace. 1t is
Is necessary to the heel of the animal. to
guard him against lateral motion, on which
the whole of the above structure de-
pcnds aS the toes are to the human be
mo Curve the outside OF the shoe nearly
10 fit the loot, and YOU will lnd the inside
heel a little ~tralghter, especially if the ami
MAJ toe narrow breasted and the feet stand
close together, Nature has provided this
safeguard TO prevent It's striking the oppO-
sitt leg After The Shoe Is prepared to fit
The foot. as / have before described. raSp
SO Do not put q knif,. to the sole or the
Itug The sole ut the foot. remember, is
the life and ttp frog it,. defender. In
punching the shoe, three nail-hole on a
side, un a foot like this, are sufficient to
hold on a shoe Four NAV he used. if set
10 the proper places. without injury TO the
loot Practice will teach YOU that anv
more mailing than this is unnecessary. |
have used two nails on 4 sid. on an animal
with not the hest of root. and vely high
action, and he has worn them entirely ont
without throwing either of them OF Pre-
yion4 to pnnchine the shoe. observe the
grain of the foot Ii will be seen that the
tibres Of the boot run from the ton of tbn
foot. or corouarv hnr!er tnwor,ls the toe
in most feet at an auul,. ,t. ,honf cnrty-fv4
degrees. II VIII he. I,Iajn then th,t if fine
nail, are driven with the arain of the horn.
they will drive much easier and hold bat
ter. and he less liable to crack fine tlbres
Another benefit to he derived from mis-
process Of mailing. When the foot comes
to the ground. the mills act ~ = brace to
keen the foot from sIinnino forward off tho
shoe This rau,lnrs tbat vnrv inraninns