Rational Horse Shoeing and Wagon Making
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with rules, tables, recipes, etc., useful to
manufactures, blacksmiths, machinists,
well-drillers, engineers, liverymen,
horse-shoers, farmers, wagon-makers,
mechanics, amateurs and all others who have
occasion to perform the work for which this
book is primarily intended.
When shoes with a clip or a cap on the toe are used it
sometimes happens that the toe is bruised and it starts a dry
rot extending up between the wall and the laminar. Remove
the shoe pare away the hoof at the toe so as to take away the
bearing from the toe. Any white or meaty substance should be
picked out. Apply hot pine tar into the hole, and dip a little wad
of tow in the hole to fill up. Replace the shoe, but don't let the
clip touch the wall.
PRICKING
Pricking often happens in shoeing from a nail running into the
quick, but the horse is often pricked by stepping on a nail or
anything that will penetrate the sole and run into the quick. If
the horse is pricked by shoeing pull of the shoes and examine
each nail, the nail which has gone into the quick is wet and of a
blue color. If it is a bad case the sole ot' wall must be cut down
to let the matter out and the foot put into a boot of linseed
STIFLED
Mistakes are often made by inexperienced men and horse shoes when a case of this kind is to be treated, and I
would advise every horse shoer to call in a veterinarian when he gets a case of this kind. Cramps of the muscles of
the thighs are sometimes taken for stifle. When stifle appears in an old horse, three ounces of lead through his brain
is the best, but for a young horse a cruel method of shoeing might be tried. Make a shoe with heels three inches high,
or a shoe with cross bands as shown in illustration, Figure 8, No.2, for stifle shoe. This shoe must be placed on the
well foot. The idea is to have the horse stand on the stifled leg until the muscles and cords are relaxed.
STRING HALT
String halt or spring halt is a kind of affection of the hind legs, occasioning a sudden jerk of the legs upward towards
the belly. Sometimes only one leg is affected. In some cases it is milder, in others more severe. In some cases it is
difficult to start the horse. He will jerk up on one leg and then on the other, but when started will go along all right.
For this fault there is no cure because it is a nervous affection. If there is any local disorder it is best to treat this, as it
might alleviate the jerk. For the jerk itself bathe the hind quarters once a day with cold water. If this don't help try
warm water once a day for two weeks. Rub the quarters dry after bathing.
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