Show y PAPER horseshoes the by they arc mann the need of a more or less elastic horseshoe has led to many trials and experiments which not resulting in any thing satisfactory has kept the barriers farri ers art in the same old rut of olden day A new horseshoe has been made in germany says the age of steel and it is constructed of parchment paper or a paper prepared by a saturation of oil turpentine etc and impenetrable to dampness or moisture thin layers of such paper are glued together until the desired thickness necessary for the horseshoe is attained by an which is indifferent to thu action of moisture and which will not get brittle when dry especially casern gum chrome gelatine copperi chromate ammonia or a mixture of venetian turpentine the leaves of such prepared paper can first be cut to the desired form and holes for nailing on the paper be stamped through and the leaves glued together one on top of another then the shoe has to undergo a very strong pressure perhaps by a hydraulic press is dried and lastly rasped and planed the holes can be bored in by boring machines similar to those used for brushes instead of being stamped out the fastening of these shoes can be done by nailing through the holes bored or stamped as above described or by gluing with bitumen or a mixture of gum ammonia emulsion one part gutta two parts the fact of its getting rough makes the paper horseshoe a great advantage in preventing the slipping of the horse on smooth and slippery places |