Show t a adal ir ics acs I cs so M mud u 1 I sho shoes e s for horses are common in certain parts of washington state beins being used on horses in plowing th the e low and wet lands of the valley nort north h of sumner nearly every spring the mud sh shoo e consists of a heavy board about bight eight inches wide and from eight to ten inches long rounding in front on this thi s board a shoe of the size worn on the horses foot for which it is intended is placed until it burns into it to a depth almost sufficient to bury itself it is necessary that the shoe have a long toe and long corks A piece of circular band iron to fit over the top part of the hoof is then attached cached to the board and over the hoof to hold the mud shoe solidly to the foot one end of the band is fastened to the board with a screw which when tightened holds the board as squarely to the bottom of the hoot hoof as it if it had grown there the horses homes become accustomed cus tomed to wearing them and after 2 a day oi or two experience no no difficulty in working in them my by this means farmers tire are enabled to plow land in iii the spring where without the use of the iid fucet corp 0 1 i aire down |