, 1877-05-21
NOTICE.
NUIICIE4
To Owners
OF
HORSE ES.

There are several facts connected with the shoe.
Ing Of horses which are well worth knowing, and
which In nll the works npon tho treatment Of the
foot and various devices for ahoe!nx have escaped
notice. The ownur4 Of horses must be aware that
for the p4st seven or eight yeA1 there has been
gsest increase OF iamencss or dseaso Of the feet,
10 much 10 ~ 10 cause remarks but without any
specific remedy. II one would take the trouble to
count tho number of lama horses in f!s daily walk
while paasfng through the streets, he Will be sur
psilcd 10 dlscovcr what want number there are.
Why II 1T A celebrated Veterinary Surgeon Wa
naked, short tlno eincc. as to ths cause Of its
proyalsncy, and tho only sousco to which he could
attribute It WA fast driving. producing stonc-
brntsc sp.atn, or gravel, bnt n It IL not confined
to tho roadster necessarily, but 10 hocs connected
with the various occupations and railroads Of the
city, and knowing full well there must be Cause
for Ill the tls to which horse flesh IL helr, the
writer set about to search It ont, II possible and
for that purpose visited tho horscshocs, ~ they
hAso about - much, II not more, knowledge Of
ths member ot The hortu ~ any class Of men. Tho
questions were asked OF them, but without eatIs-
factory results. until At last ono was found who
had made tho subject study and solved the prob.
lem. This man has had m experience Of mahY
years Ia Tho shooting OF horses, from tho nma be
u,Alo bfs nails from the old Russia bar Iron down
to tho prchent. Let mo ptTo you hts words: "You
may not bc aware Of the fact TINT for the past eight
yeass about all the pointed horse natts which have
been used arc mnchiac.mada nails. cut from cold
rolled iron. and ready pointed. BY this process
Tho hbEo 10 destroyed, and the Iron forms IN layers.
md when driven into the loof thcse layers some-
times separate and pass Into the soft lAmina. or
quick. Whflo tbs other comes out of the hoof and
IL clfnchcd. Soon the horse shows slgns Of lama
ncss, Inflammation 10 produced, md The horse IL
rendered usetess."
The above cut IL drawing Of ono Of these nails
showing how they silver when driven Into tho foot
The pain caused by right allvcR Of wood undsf
the finger nall will glvo ono slight Idea how pain
ful such nail must bo In the foot of the horse.
there to remain until tue shoe Is removed; and II
the shoer ID fortunate ~ to draw 1t out without
breaking, the laucucss will disappear, but not un-
til tho horso has becn laid up for considerable
time. should the ns break. tho result Is fur more
serious. Tho cut represents 4 natl rnado BY the
Cold. Cut process and sltvcrcd when being driven
by shoer In Providence, II. I. fcpresents tho
part which was c'iuchsl on tho outss suFface Ut the
hoot; tho part represented by A and ~as driven
through the quick or soft la'nna snd penetrated
Into the bone, causing aesero lauleness and fnam.
nation. Tho shoc WIS removed. but In removing
tho rail broken OF at u, leaving attll In the
bone. Lockjaw followed. and shortly a very VAL
uab1c horse was cartc1 away to the boneyar1. Suit
brought aaanst the Aotacshuor for the vnluo Of
the animal, and the owner had the satisfaction Ut
obtaining judgment Of s3YI for horse which
tni cost 81, coo, but that wns all, for tho shocr
had no property. hence tho owner was ont 81, U0U,
also cost Of the sutt. This has been tho principal
cause Of tho lameness OF horses and II tho owners
Of vnlnab1c aninnis would insist that their horses
should not bc shod wifi, my other hall tLnn those
made from hot drawn Iron anu hauln1ar polluted.
ill this trouble would b. obvacd and tho lycs and
usefulness Of thelf horses prolonged. SIuce this
shour has abolished tho Of coldcnt nails In his
shop ho has Ind no trouble about slIyetcd mills,
Thcta IL nut blacksmith using these cold-cut Iron
nails bnt could scll you thut he frequently expo
Fences Just such cases. Are you willing to rim tho
rsk Of iujuEng your horsus to say nothing Of los
Ing them, when tho remedy layd in your powerf-
Ndt:{more 4fmertcun.