SHOEING FARM HORSES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 433, 16 February 1909, Page 2

SHOEING FARM HORSES.

: :'■D IF F ERE NT H 0 OIFS,'; DIF FEREHT *&??&h .-\- ■/,. ;. '•;::;^.(By : : aTracticai farrier:) '■'^:!i} : ''^M,:'f ::^: ' ? i : -.•■■ .^e;'sinjJlVhblder.'pr ; 'fa!mM;'. , m&''."'hiunbUft : ''^' : ' ;; '' '; means (says in the/"FarmerSanh '• btockbreeder,! , of: England) will,have one « ;^; V';'; perhaps .'even two'; horses, at'his.\&Bposal,--eii«-^ ; -'' ; :?'':-' - i'-''' it not.infrequently; happens'.thai-hia acqiiai^^ ■O:tancev with;the-methods 'adopted -in.Shoeing:■:;■;* '&• 'farm horses and, the ;proper care' and^man-i'?^''B; '-. agement of the. foot "is 'of; very sniall ■ extent- Ki It ;is often that: owing>tp .irregiilu'> : fE' ; S ! '' : -- treatment-'of -the; feet: all' kinds: of J:: ;; ; 1 of, the hoof will , /arise/:whereas ,i knowledge ;''• &'s]i-S of the horse's'.requirements--iwould'■•preventf?'^ , --^".' , this:' :: '■"-,;: .■:■'■ ■■■% ■.'.'-.' ;.-.:J-v :]■;■:[': -.-U... ,;fr;;-;'-'i\-<vX^i^;"' '■. - :,.The farm;hohe,-especialiy^when ■ejfip'idye?^-^-!*^ on. soft, 1 retentive lahd:-\will^developVa--Bott6v'? ; S^ ! - : : what faster-growth' of the fooithan isusual. ; v'* ! "&}■■:■ and this;.accelerated ; growth; ;i is ' often-■ thJ' : -v cause. v of;:misshapen;:6r:malfqrmed i hoofß.;- : V:v'^SPv<;; ; freparat!on : ;ofjtlie:;Hodfr'«^ ; -;'; ; ;v;;?#| : i^.{?'::; ;, : When; preparing thelsoje; foft . eased norri -and - hard,, useless .lumps "must b£' r '■:"■■■■ ■ Sy X cut away from : thp. under : surface' of .'the iooW'-.A-'; ; '' ; but; it must that'excessive? :■ paring ; of::the: : sole:leads ;: to disastrous^re--^ " :: *' snltsi-.when-:fitted; shbe^it'niust;beaa>'--^- : ' ; -'?' near: the: ground-as ■■Is'-.'.'pcfs|ble;'V;iA- ; b6ininon-'W^. , ''. , ii'' fallacy/ exists...among.; many ■■'. farriers ■. that '-■ if the i solo is .unpared.it , will develop' a'-'rorpiue/Rs-KiiW and, .unnecessary::.;growth;:;of,; ; : erronedus.:idea -is; only■ reference.,:■ to madenianifest^^th^flakingiofijiheimdef/br^-k'-::!; insensitive;, solej-the of/the ■ torn-* ;li: £' having' the;, peculiar, quality horny; growth^toVflake. andSso^become^ ■<>:*s& tached from the 501e.:.;/., <■■■>:■'■: jc. : ■■:.■:/■;•.■;:;■;••/■'■> i ';-. ; :--iS :.'; ,: lh like:manner:-undue : .paring; of.'tieifrog-ißi-i , a very, undesirableaid' ' r .9Si';.Jike-'?the7.spleiV , :hasi. similar 1 qualities'; of exfoliating in:'flakes/. accordinglyi' 1 "'-':.'.--''!' be treated:in a: similar to^the''sole.''''"'• ■■ Its; primary function : ; &iip • lessen ■concussion '■>■"> '■(■'• : \ on the upper;or sensitiVe/frogi and this is.'a ■•" : "'-■'* •further ::reisdh; which:)mayr '(■ be 'i Advanced ■■'■ '■'•'■ against-.;tho./practice^'of';paring;: as.- : tlie'"'lrogr ; ' :> ' : i : :'-f ; ' which.:.by. .this.:;'processHs'i'raised^frdm'-the .«■ ground,;;rece;ve^ilittbi;orJ^no';pressureV' : and ;; '*'--' : t ; -i! oousequently Jperishes;:aridw irotsiway'•' for want-of,iise.t ; ;'. j: 1> .;!ioT: ; eHi2i/:&t-s-?VV;-jii ; ;^' : '.r; ,;Whoa preparing; the;fTOt:\a:siifficienoy'' horn; jsuch;::as mayS represent--:a -''month's :! should'; be\removed: frdm>the : : surface.;bf.;the';:sole, -and'-asj'the; :horn- , Telpps;' a .somewhat/faster: growth at Cthe toe, : 0 '-''^ : i this;- pprtion:of.the; wall" or/crnst: must ac« ;''■;: v,3. cordingly;'be'.: shortened Objr.;'! rasping';': to "a W;'.-:: ; greater ;extent.;than ■■ at'other Vparts': of' tho/;~-%'. wall. -.The'--..next '.process, consists-; of making'-<y;V--:-'i-the.'.sble. of: the foot .perfectly- level with'tbe '■'■■$\.-y. : ';': rasp, all sharp edges being;carefully ■fiX off, .as-.these are a source "of danger in de-.'^: | :': ■:;; ■yeloping'sandcracks;ior : spUtting'rf^ •The; : SHoe." '':'■,'■.;';'"■■ :''■■:•■< ".'^':l^ : t^.:.Sr^..-..'■ K :^Sl .; The yfarm;;hprse, ; being Worked;bi'S':iV:'3S' roads,■ .^requires-;a ; special' : form: ofi'sha'ej dimensions of 'which .in.the, case of,.the foot: should attain .aboutV?.dne i -/.and va inches: in.:;width Jand:::bneJialf :in thickness,;. the; heels; being? a: little-. and -broader'.than- parts;',of-.>the^"? : ": : 'iv-.'? .shpeV-.iv;'--, , ;:..-.-!-:/;;;. :^: ; ;;/vV r .:-i':'./4 ; ,:v- v,, Wv-^- : ' , ;:'- ; Si;;:.;-;;:/ ''? :Caulkins r are; : use'd "generally -VaV'- a ; the smobth,'v ; ii'S s as; these .conditions ! <lo'.notv-obtain':in:".fam : 'workj^.their'iiiMVmv^o^^ class, is "entirely ..unnecessary,' , .and eVen..danT: : K; : •'; gerous.,.When the hind/shoes.are l.fitted with '.-?'■?'<. ~-.£ such.;'projections-Vtheyv-Vbubds.-,'pn;.-.the.--'.cp'rphet--/-.yheh , ';the/-liors'eeS 1^: --U-^ : S' blunder into each 'other in•'turning• about.": ; ;'-'-:>■ ;• :r : -;■':■ -Six, :or ..sometimes:-seven,;/ , quired , for^the;'pwpe'r. 'seciirance of-, the'/.'hind : .'--; : v?-Sj-\f.-' ■shoe. /' v ;i<|;: r and the peculiar: a ption of;;.tliti;-hmd.' render. tlie- proper rbf:, the;', shoes \'<.'m£-vji;'s''> essential quality; /as; stamping'. or /kicking. wilKsoon;./twist.-the ■ shbe'off is not; securely: fitted.'; The'./holes/.'should ;be countersunk;, and 'should: be;;placeKi^exactly.pK:: vi opposite; other, if ;an/eyen^number:?i9;:? employed;.;when, seven; : holes/are v iriade:;th«V/v ! lesser >number; .', qi. -K three -wholes < : iS 3;-sa: placed on 'the inside: of : ; the shoe , ; :and must .pi be.' pinched /equidistairtly v :'/betweeny;ther:t<>9'; and 'heel, -the. third ■ Hole .being exactly,■ ; 'bp»'.\. ;'■.■ -:Wfl •p'osito-."the; l third'■■hple.--.pn:'-tho :insidei';fedge. :^;iS: ■;:.) Nails *hich.-'.bxactly : :fit./the. holes ; must;' b» selected, and: the clenches should .be.twisted , ; .':- v ;:.: : .' off and filed;level with the when fitted," should run. flush "with .-:the - , q'dge" of the.wall; '/from: heel :.to ,heel;-: •p:. i ;:;i : : r : V Agricultural .horses have wide flMhrrh'ieel^xVj-sC;!. , and usually: possess."a ; ;weak;/crusty'jto .■■-thf. i > ~' i':.'^'..'^: - , hoqf v ;-:Theyc theretofe/ need;-';the'v;grea'tei '': : : [ amo.iint' of .cover. afforded iby: a." .wide ; shoe, / "/Sif t;V the:-mature Vtf :"/;tlieir,;/ such 'defects as Crushing /or. interfering; '"-■'■.- p.}lfil}4 &' : ..Wlien v .To.':;Bhoß;.';Farm'_: Horses.;;/ }' : ]■■:. FarmVhbrses, ; ;as , 'previously.;meritione3, ; ;de : ; ; : ;, l yelop 'a/more: rapid .growth'-of; feet'^iespeo? , iajly-when working.oh' soft larid,;ahd ; therefbre/have their shoes;renovatedvat'j th«' ;, ;^';. j;,;t: end.of/every month; even : .;thbugh;they.'ehprt.S^ : little \ sign X of ■. ;woar..-; -The , -weights/of,;shbe:/?;- ■;;■ fi to- be to -.hbrsesiof this/class.cannot.-' '>y : -X~be iletermiried by /rule,/but it'-' must "be', re-, : i: 5 i-y'y; Imembered that it is,-undesirable:; to /-burden (/■:■/■'/•.. 'i'.: a -Ahorse-."with . heavier-:, shoes. than-necessary; : : ;.i' /-y":;. Three to four pounds' is a. common weight,.":.,.'.'/ \.■-: but be:; giveti' to/, ahy./: ; 'vV:-ol peculiarities of the foot, and also .the; nature -v! :■■.':-.■;.: of/-the:-ground upon, ; which.-.therhorse'ia;em- 'j/i/;?j■£ .ployed.:;/:: /■:>;- -_::?iy'.'. J^-y^-^r: ':-'^- 7 y^S- : M^l