Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-24

A Government Veterinarian Tells uos
Not To Do ~.
without wishing To- do injustice 70
our rural knights Of tho anvil. II IL
nevertheless lamentable truth that
these yotaries Of tho buttrcss aud draw.
ing knife are, all the world over, 10
welded 10 number Of traditional prnc.
tees, 40 heinous, 40 irrational, so pre-.
/ judicial 10 the interests Of the horse aud
his owner. that one might be well eS'
cused for wondering whether their mis-
sion were not 20 mar instead VI TO pro-
tect the mnrvelonsly perfect hanliwork
81 the Creator. ignorant alike ot the
anatomy, physiology and economic rcli.
tons Of the parts they mutilaie, they
cut and cave ~ within. prejudice or
| time honored custom dictates. Disaster,
it may be slowly. surely follows, aud
all too often the poor dumb creatures
suffering foots tho bill. Lot Us glance
Ia passing vt some Of thefo Traditional
practices.
Foremost among them Is the insane
habit OF trimming the frog and thinning
out tue sole I'LL It vidbly Yields 10 the
pressure Of the operators thumbs. The
/ frog Is natures cushion and hoof tx.
pander. placed there by an allwise hand.
BY IL elasticity It wards "a conclusion
from tho less elastic portions Of the
structure. aud by its residence (gpringi.
nes,l assists In maintaining tho natural
expansion Of Us horny ambit; that is TO
say, u does 70 In IS natural state. but
tho drawing knifo's touch Is fatal to 10.
Once cut aud carved aud deprived Of
pressure, those very acts cause 1t 20
shrink. dry and harden and at once losc
those very attributes which constitute
Its usefulness 90 the foot. Robbed NJ Ia
elasticity aud residence 4, II incapable Of
discharging It's allotted functions-both
~ cushion and rs an cxpandcr II Is n
dead failure; indeed II Is worse, rs In IL
altered character 1t Is now a monaco In.
stead Of a protection, bane rather than
a boon to the foot that wears It,
The destruction Of this important fac.
tor having been thus provided for, the
operator probably next turns his atten.
ton to the sole, which, by all traditions Of
the craft, must be pared down until only
thin film Of soft, partially formed horn
IL left 10 protect the living structures
within against injury from the substances
with which tho foot necessarily comes IN
contact. Nor does the mischief stop here.
Tho sole itself or what Is left Of II, con.
fisis now u soft moist, half formed
horn, which dries and shrinks on expos.
ure 20 the air. aud thereby entails fur.
thcr and still moro serious injury 10 the
boot.
Tho incompetent workman does no,
stop hero In this work Of destruction. bat
next addresses himself To the self ina
posed task II improving upon nature by
removing the bars, aud what no call
"opcning' tho heels, u process which, 70
plain language, means opening u ross
Tor ihom 20 close over. On this poo
MANNED foot u shoe, often many sizc
too email, ~ tackled, and the rasp i
most likely called into rcquIitiDu &
reduce tho foot 20 TT the shoe, Tor al
though It IA apparently Of little momon
whether the shoe hu the foot, Il Is iudis
ponshhly necessary that the foot should
somehow or other, be- got TO iit the shoe
and honcshoeiug, like all other arts
must needs sacrifice ON tho altar Of ai
pcaauce. It h sai that art aud natur
should 20 often be at variance, aud tina
what satisfies the one should outrage III
demands " the other.
The foot Il now Hhod and protecte
from undue wear. TO be sure, but at wha
a sacrificed Robbed u is cushion, u
nataral expandcr. It's lateral braces =,
moved; its sole mangled and u. naturi
repair arrested; the hairlilv ilben whic
made up the horny wall crushed, d
ilcc,ed, aud their nutritiyc function In
pcdcl by an unnecessary number u nail
robbed by the rasp Of IT, cortical layer,
natural yarnish, which retains tho moi
turc fecrctod by the economy, the stron
walls become dried up and weakened an
the foot Il u very sorry plight indee,
To some this picture may seem owe
drawn. but It Is nevertheless matter ,
daily occurrence.
OF course, even among agiicultur,
horses, there are individuals which cal
not work unshod; but these are exception
al cases. Then again, In winter. who
tho usual snowfall Ia wanting, mo
horses fcet will require protection; bJ
nowadays an owner has himself to blau
II no submits 10 having the worl, done
that wrongheaded and ridiculous maj
7 ner, which has called into existence suc
u long mud dismal category Of disea
! aud misery.
! The horses foot IL, after all, u goc
. deal Of what we mike IL, and II OF
: horses from their colthood mp Ind the
: foot more carefully attended 10, and q
pecially We're they invariably 10 star
while Ia confinement ON some matori
= less deleterious 10 the hoof than d
u wooden flooring, from which the fo
Z suffers no attrition whatsoever, aud
: which Il Is moreover depleted u is M
> ural moisture, their feot would, In h
. period Of the animals active usefulnoi
= be found 20 be better shaped, harder, Il
: brittle, and in every way better suit
a for the work required Of them. Villa
/. Dickson, United States Bureau OF Al
;. nal Industry.
!. In n newspaper clipping place on Mass
street refined young gentlcwoman eli
and pastes tho latest designs IN dress'
g cloaks, mnntles, halrdressing. mllline
, creations, aud, Ia fact, all feminine fanoi,
5, from fashion magazines. She mails the
A 10 fashionable women Aud with sucl
a resource on hand 10 choose from, why We
Ia der that some American women are
h versatile la dressi-New York News