Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-01-02
EF0CK MATTERS.
We REMEDIES FOR INTERFERING
FEET IN HORSES.

nat the Veterinary Writers Say Abo2S
ft-4Their Knowledge Not Too EXIT
"a fstve - Young Horses Interfere When
s rhey Are Tired and Out of Condition.
In turning to ouss.t books we find in
Il as in many other cases, only the
A Ineager notices, under such heads
IND a t9shing and cutting, etc., e. g.: In
ssNgSS Professor Williams in many respects ex-
IsHsf elle4t work IN veterinary surgery he
9EAismfsses the subject with the following:
; brushing or cutting is caused by the
Ahoelof one foot striking against the fet-
u gock. Generally it is the hind limbs
n THAT suffer, but not always.
Young horses out of condition often
4 this when they are tired and ex-
Ea1sted. They must be shod with pre-
htive shoes. When horses have been
earpened during a frost they are very
attfto tread themselves, and sometimes
H Rgry severely. causing extreme lameness.
II Older writer's like Youatt have gone a
little farther. and describe it under the
head of cutting. He saps: 1.-The inside
Of the fetlock is ofte1He,ruised by the
shoe or the hoof Of &c opposite foot.
VsMany e%xpedients used to be tried to re-
move this. The inside heel has been
Esaised and lowered. and the outside
NggSised and lowered, and sometimes one
Migration has succeeded and sometimes
IfR contrary, and there was no point so
EfsR lPlved in obscurity or so destitute of
SSAAA IN Nciples to guide the practitioner.
~ SThe most successful remedy, and
II which in She majority of cases su-
f#fedes all others, is to put on a shoe of
hl thickness from heel to toe, and
ling but one nail, and that near the
4 on the inside. of the shoe, care being
zen that the shoe will not extend be.
BID the edge Of the crust, and that the
FIST shall be rasped a little at the qs1ar-
4 U.s." : He then continues: ''There are
Rne defects, however, in the natural
I'm which are the causes Of cutting,
I'D which no continuance will remedy,
gs when the legs are placed too neal to
lich other, or when the feet are turned
onward or outward
"a horse with these defects should be
carefully examined at the inside of the
N1ock, and if there are any sore or
\S1us places there will be a good rea.
I for not purchasing the animal.
tme horses will cut only when they
Re fatigued, or lame and old. Many
/colts will cut before they arrive at thei,
full strength"
N Professor Dick says: "Cutting, brush.
Ming, interfering are said to take place
ss when thea0ne foot strikes and wounds
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
Il tAlsl shoeing smith is familiar, or so put.
A TYg on the shoe that the crust will pro.
s. 1t beyond it. A boot is sometimes re.
I fred"
! y ()ne of the most frequent causes is
4 fhen a defect Of the hoof brings the
x5lkle over the inside heel; it is then
placed, when advanced too much, in
y 'front.' Of the other foot; this will be az.
# Favated if this other on being advanced
III Jas a twisted gait. either from weakness,
MI defective organization or function.
sa study this subject has features OF
Rniicant scientific interest. 1t belongs
"a the domain of farriery, where there is
55F Auch to be learned before the treasures
49, contains are revealed to us.-Horse
ia Breeder.