Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-08-10

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shoers, as ! wrote a short piece t,
the horse owners, l will write yor
a few hints. First comes tho pre-
pairing of a natural foot for the
shoe. You are aware that differen,
horses have different kinds and
shapes of feet. So we must work
according to the foot; but in AL
cases whatever is to come off the
foot should come off before the shoe
is nailed on; that is, get the foot
ready first and then make the shoe
to fit the foot, so there will be but
very little to rasp of after the shoe
is on. If the horse has very Hat
foot don't take any off the heels,
but cut all off the toe from under
meath that it will bear, and IL you
can't cut enough off the toe the
first time to suit the heels,-that
is, to bring him level-put good
square heels on his shoe and avoid
taking any off his heels every time
you shoe him, and in time you will
get higher heels on him. If he be
a cup footed horse and has too high
heels cut the heels down to suit his
toes. BE careful to get the feet per-
fectly level. Don't pare the feet
too close. Leave plenty of wall and
distance from the hair down to the
bottom so that when he comes on
the hard roads the conclusion will
not hurt him. Don't cup out
his foot, but make your shoe well
so it won't bear on the
inside of the wall. The sole of his
feet should be left in for the pur.
pose of keeping the sensitive part
of the foot from injuries. Never
cut out the quarter braces or bare
Of the feet, for tb y are there for
the purpose of acing the heels
and keeping themfrom contracting.
Never cut out the frog, for it is in
tended to give life and vitality to
the foot, and being of a soft and
spongy substance when the horses
weight comes it expands against
the bars and opens the foot and
gives free access to the joints of
the foot and also protects the foot
from concussion. Now you have
the foot ready for the shoe. Turn
the shoe to fit the foot; that is, to
come out full all the way around
40 that the wall Of the foot will
bear on the web of the shoe all the
way round to the heels. Set it we'll
forward to the toe, watch when you
drive your nails So that it doesn't
pull back, for many horses are made
blunderers by stumbling off these
toes. Let your shoes fit full up to
the toes. All there is to shoeing a
horse is to fit rim of iron under
the rim of his hoof after the foot
has been prepared SO the bearing
viii be the same all around. know
that a great many horse owners
that want their horses shOd wide at
the heels, but this is wrong and has
more to do with making narrow
heels and hOof bound horses than
any other cause and leaves the SEN
sit.ye part of the foot to bruise
over the hard and rough ground
and breaks down his quarters and
makes wedge of his foot to split
the shoe open. Make your shoe
round and full at the quarters or
where the foot takes turn to the
heels, then turn the shoe and let
the heels come up to the frog as
close as they can so they don't bear
on the frog. Then the bearing will
be the same all the way around
and the foot will expand over the
shoe, and if the horses that have
sound feet were shod this way they
would never become hOof- bound.
Hoping that this will do some
good to the readers Of The OUTLOOK
l will say no more at present.
Ex-VETERINARIAN.