The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-08-11
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AMONG the l'.\R\1I,RS.
Germs;
This very common failing; in tho
horse is so we'll known, that any drs-
criptioI o.: them IS quite unnecessary.
1t would be absurd to say they aio
OF little consequence, but still rs aD
Surd to advise the rejection of a horse
because he had them, as the p:rw;c-
tv of such Il purchase depends On
their effect, not their presence. llc
may have very extensive corns and
yet be always sound on them; OK
very minute ones to the eye, yet 10
seriously aforementioned and famed
Ivy them. Hundreds Of horses llavo
corns without any cHc susprctIng 1t,
and so long as he remained sonn';, or
nearly So, the fact may never bn
known If he becomes lame, and his
feet are in consequence Of it mlnutc-
~ examined, the drawing knife lets
the owner or somebody into the se-
crct. That becoming known, tho
foot property put to rights, an! with
apropcr shoe put on, the horse pro-
badly goes soundcr than he has for
months past. If IL horse has corns
the principal thing to be looked at is
not 50 much the soreness of them, Or
how far he may even 60 lame on
them but the kind of foot he has,
If he has good wide, or, in more
stable phrase, open heels, and
the wall or crust is strong, SO as t"
afford good nail hold, there need 10
very little fear of corns, for such "
foot will allow the means of taking
Oft pressure from them. They will
often, in such case, hold out pros
pcct of cure, or if not, of such pallia-
tive as amounts to nearly as good al
effect; that is, feeling 10 inconven~
fence from them; if, however, tho
heels arc narrow, it is almost lmpos-
siblc to prevent the great agsrava-
ton of the disease, namely
We may even in such case tako
away super pressure that it, pressure
from the shoe on the affected parts !;
but then there will remain what is
termed lateral pressure, which will
,. be between tho bars and the HEELS or
court of the foot. These bars are iD .
tended by nature to act as Props
kccplng the heels at their proper dis
lance apart, and are usually left, say
: an eighth OF an inch or more above
:, the surface of the sole of the foot
|. We Say We cut away the bars, which
i in corn cases is often done, it only
means they are so much lowered as
to be on level with the sole; but as
the corn is seated below this, it will
y become evident we cannot, or al
y least, dare nor, cut the bars away
deep enough to prevent pressure oe-
tween them and the heel, which, If II
close affinity (Which is the case II
narrow hccls), is very great; in tact
y. the corn is in u kind Of natural VICE
:, whose almost acute angle presses i
- on either side. A horse with corn
Z, and such heels should not he brought
{, he will rarely be sound three day
Il tosethe. He will be more or les
l. lame if he is not worked at all, ant
m work will lame HIM further from til
of SORENESS and inflammation it occo
is sions but should the foot be goo
rt and cool, the horse in work, an
:, sound, he may safely DC purchased
~ however extensive the appearance
IL the corns may be; for should even
cS little tenderness or soreness DC pei
I'll ccivcd after unusual work or l'ar
H. roads, keeping the feet in warm ":
" ter few hours for Il day or two, WI
n. set all right again.
7 In cases where soreness comes q
,;s from corl,s, if the feet are good, "
' "e generally know the worst, and !
W remedy. Such lamrncss is not, nov
tte ever, like failing of the sincws, ike
w. to DC permanent, or end III crooked
WI ness or hclplcssness. On the contr
lct ~. with care there is no such danger
Is. but every pIo>cct Of that care ben
,is rccompcnsr'l by the comparative
.,f total soun,lnrss of the horse, or
-: ~ say the least, his freedom from lam
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