Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-01-30
LIVE STOCK MATTERS.
BONE REMEDIES FOR INTERFERING
FEET IN HORSES.

What the Veterinary Writers Say About
It-Their knowledge Not Too Exten-
sive Young Horses Interfere When
They Arc Tired and Ont of Condition..
In turning tt our text books we tindin
this, as in many other cases, only the
most meager notices, under such heads
rs brushing and cutting, etc.. Q. g.: In
Professor Williams in many respects ex-
cellent work on veterinary surgery he
dismisses the subject with the following:
Brushing or cutting is caused by the
shoe of n foot striking against the fet-
lock. Generally it is the hind limbs
that suffer, but not always.
Young horses out of condition often
do this when they are tired and ex-
hausted. They must be shod with pre-
ventive shoes. When horses have been
Bharpened during a frost they are very
apt to tread themselves, and sometimes
very severely, causing extreme lameness.
Older writers like Youatt have gone,a
little farther, and describe it under the
head of cutting. He says: 1.-THE inside
of the fetlock is often bruised by the
shoe or the hoof Of the opposite foot.
Many expedients used to be tried to re-
move this. The inside heel has been
raised and lowered, and the outside
raised and lowered. and sometimes one
operation has succeeded and sometimes
the contrary, and there was no point so
involved in obscurity or so destitute of
principles to guide the practitioner.
1.-THE most successful remedy, and
that which in the majority of cases SUI
persedes all others, is to put on a shoe of
equal thickness from heel to toe, and
having but one nail, and that near the
toe on tho inside Of the shoe, care being
taken that the shoe will not extend be-
yond the edge Of the crust, and that the
crust shall be rasped a little at the quar-
ters." He then continues: There are
some defects, however, in the natural
form which are the causes of cutting,
and which no continuance will remedy,
as when the legs are placed too neal to
each other, or when the feet are turned
inward or outward.
"a horse with these defects should be
carefully examined at the inside of the
fetlock, and if there are any sore or
c~allous places there will be Il good rea-
son for not purchasing the animal
Some horses will cut only when they
are fatigued, or lame and old. Many
colts will cut before they arrive at their
full strength"
Professor Dick says: "Cutting, brush
ing, interfering are said to take place
when the one 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
the shoeing smith is familiar, OF so put
ting on the shoe that the crust will pro-
ject beyond it. A boot is sometimes re-
quired."
One of the most frequent causes is
when a defect of the hoof brings the
ankle over the inside heel; it is then
placed. when advanced too much, in
front of the other foot: this will be ag.
gravated if this other on being advanced
has a twisted gait, either from weakness,
or defective organization or function.
AS a study this subject has features oil
significant scientific interest. 1t belongs
TO the domain Of farriery. where there is
much to be learned before the treasures
it contains are revealed to us.-Horse
Breeder.