Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-01-02
.EFOCK MATTERS.
IL REMEDIES FOR INTERFERING
FEET IN HORSES.

hat the Veterinary Writers Say AboS
ft-Their knowledge Not Too ExtS$@
q fsiye- Young Horses Interfere When
fFhey Are Tired and Out of Condition.
Il turning to osa&St books we find in
ssas j n many other cases, only the
9neager notices, under such heads
shs 9shing and cutting, etc., Q. g.: In
MMIlvrofesor Williams in many respects ex-
AssMs4elle1t work on veterinary surgery he
sSH ismtsses the subject with the following:
Furnishing or cutting is caused by the
\ sshoelof n foot striking against the fet-
Il Nock. Generally it is the hind limbs
n THAT suffer, but not always.
/ fYoung horses out of condition often
I this when tley are tired and ex-
busted. They must be shod with pre-
htive shoes. When horses have been
ssarpened during a frost they are very
katito tread themselves, and sometimes
4 Bry severely. causing extreme lameness.
Older writers like Youatt have gone a
y little farther, and describe it under the
head of cutting. He sags: THE inside
of the fetlock is ofte4e,ruised by the
shoe or the hoof Of e opposite foot.
MANY ~expedients used to be tried to re-
smove this. The inside heel has been
4 SESaised and lowered. and the outside
NS4sHSaised and lowered. and sometimes one
/ AEEsJ5efation has succeeded and sometimes
lR contrary, and there was no point so
IR lplved in o~bscurity or so destitute of
sSAAs seciples to guide the practitioner.
Y &The most successful remedy, and
II which in Che majority of cases su-
@Eedes all others, is to put on a shoe of
hl thickness from heel to toe, and
ting but one nail, and that near the
on the inside. of the shoe, care being
Zen that the snoe will not extend be.
&d the edge Of the crust, and that the
&s fHst shall be rasped a little at the quar-
IFS" He then continues: ''There are
Kne defects, however, in the natural
m which are the causes of cutting,
I'D which no continuance will remedy,
when the legs are placed too neal to
Itch other, or when the feet are turned
onward or outward
"a horse with these defects should be
k.arefully examined at the inside of the
Vlock, and if there are any sore or
\$SDus places there will be a good rea-
for not purchasing the animal.
$me horses will cut only when they
IRE fatigued, or lame and old. Many
e fcolts will cut before they arrive at their
N. full strength"
Professor Dick says: 'Cutting, brush
Ming, interfering are said to take place
III when theaone foot strikes and wounds
S the opposite fetlock, and they usually
occur in young and timid horses with i'll
formed legs. The habit requires either
a particular form Of shoe, with which
the! shooting smith is familiar, or so put
III Ylg on the shoe that the crust will pro-
~ 1t beyond it. A boot is sometimes re-
&At fred"
{One of the most frequent causes is
fhen a defect of the hoof brings the
n Slkle ovsr: the inside heel; it is then
Placed, when advanced too much, in
'front.' Of the other foot; this will be ag-
h Favated if this other on being advanced
Nh las a twisted gait. either from weakness,
III defective organization or function.
III (sa study this subject has features of
NJ gniicant scientific interest. It belongs
the domain Of farriery, where there is
lYRs y uch to be learned before the treasures
~ contains are revealed to us.-Horse
Breeder.