Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
THE HORSES SHOES.
HOW OFTEN THEY NEED REPLEN-
ISHIkxi IND WHAT THEY COST.
Resetting Old Shoes Costs About Half as
Much as New Ones-The Use OF Rubber
Pads-Carriage Horses Shoes Cost More
Than Those of Work Horses.

;" Much as New Ones-The Use OF Rubbe
III Pads-Carriage Horses Shoes Cost Nor
Than Those of Work Horses.
j. A york horses shoes cost good dea
10 more thar its drivers shoes do. True
10 horses, delivery wagon horses and tn
3 great number of horses used for variou
= working purposes, including man,
u horses driven to hacks and other public
) carriages, are ordinarily shod once {
. month at a cost of 50. 90 so that the
. work horses shoes are likely to cost
$50 year anyway, and there may be
some additional expense for sharpening
and resetting.
Sharpening costs $3.50. Whether this
is necessary or not depends, of course,
primarily upon the weather. 1t may de-
pend much upon the time of day the
horse is driven. There may be seasons
in which sharpening is not necessary.
Not all drivers get the shoes of their
horses sharpened even when the going
is slippery. Such going may come about
suddenly and unexpectedly, and it may
be of brief duration, and then there are
drivers who under ordinary circum-
stances take the risk of the greater cost
OF broken shaft or al injured animal
to save the cost Of sharpening. Of work
horses in general probably something
more than half have their shoes sharp
ened when the going is slippery. There
are some, however, whose shoes are al
most all kept sharpened at such times,
these being the horses that work at
night and in the early morning before
the sun has softened the ice or melted |
1T away. These include horses driven
to milk wagons bakers horses, and SO
on, how often the shoes are sharpened
depending on the going
Usually when horse is shod no is
shod all around. Sometimes there is &C.
caslon to put on single shoe, as when
horse throws shoe. The cost of a
single new shoe is one-fourth the cost
OF set-ln the case of a work horse ti3
cents. The charge for resetting the old
shoe would he 30 cents. Resetting in
general, from one shoe up costs about
one-half, or little more than half. as
much as fitting horse with new shoes.
In putting on single shoe an old shoe
would commonly be used, to make it
match those remaining Oh. If it is not
too much worn, the shoe the horse has
cast would be put back if the driver I
picked 1T up. 1t is suitable and it fits. l
II 1t has not been picked up, then a a
slipper is put on from the pile in the a
shop, slipper being the shop name Of o
me Worn shoe taken off and thrown P
'slde when horse is reshod C
Horses have peculiarities in wearing Ii
helr shoes, just as men do. Some wear Il
mem OFT more at the toe, some more ut a
he heel, and some wear them more on is
me side than on the other. Horses b.
hoes wear off more quickly on granite CO
'aVements than they do on asphalt, and CT
he greatly increased use of asphalt I'll
aVement has led to CORRESPONDENCE tr
increased use of rubber pads in horses at
noes to give the horses a better foot. III
old Rubber pads, as we'll as the shoes. RI
re htted to the horse s foot and nailed
D with the shoe. Shoes with rubber
ads OF this kind for work horses cost
ut on, 81 or S. set. They are likely tn,
wear longer than shoes without pads, ms
~ they are commonly replaced or re. ap
at tho end OF month. The necessi. he1
lor reshoelng the horse at intervals pos
ABOUT a month is due in a considera. aut
degree to the natural growth of the lad
rise hoofs, which require trimming out
other attention about once in so Wa
l ;, LII the case OF iron shoes, at the like
OF month, when they are taken I
, tney are likely to be too much worn siol
~ another month, and new shoes are she
!, on In the case of rubber pad shoes. tntl
Lney are not too much worn, thew are Of
et' and this may be done in perhans "br
Or on per cent of the cases. Some.
les the old shoes may be put back
- new pads' sometimes the old pads 4"
~ he" shoes. 1t depends good deal Geo
'le manner IN which the horse wears "
M So that while the first cost of "
uel paa SHOES is considerably greater and
CO $500 pam shoes the net cost is up S
W. MUCH greater. 81
ne price charged for shooting q mi. &c,
coach or carriage horse is a. nova % I
tor shoeing work horse, or s35O speaI
rubber pad shoes, such as those do
pea, Tor carriage horses cost AZ or 20 TIL
T. ouch horses are reshod ordinarilv sees
=, most horses, once month, and as 10 to
uie their shoes are also reset in tho in M
ato oo~.;o 4non'h. And the shoes of being
a Az carriage horses are more COM Thev
~, ~ Aept sharpened in slippery wealth. cat o,
1 are those of work horses. Won.
are more likely to be disturbed bv
:, sl'pplng OF horse than man Th
"a De- and the carriage horses are says
ny nore valuable than work maid
's, ana less risk of injury is taken Whel
some cases it might be that the ed to
90 Tor shooting a horse, either car. condr
>, morse or work horse, would be the 81
Ding to the time required ratber was c
n.y. ny 'ne job. as, for example, in prise
Ease = OF lame horse, in sboeine was O
a. ihofe than the usual time would Or tv
Neooo' Shoes are made and fitted again
81, !. any requirement, and the cost fused.
oe, according to the amonnt ~ asked
ana time expended, from 81 to az The g
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