Show MILES ov ON hoxer I 1 I 1 A late er of the journal of ihl 14 floyal ag society contains a pa paper aei hei on ort thi this subject by the author of the horbe Horse how to keep it sound a pamphlet largely circulated in iq this count country ry he ile cont endi 1 I that ll 11 g good shei shew V ehg ing and care the horse horbe may inky be kept avroo in good rood working order to td double douw the age now k t i summing up ils as follows s if I 1 were asked account for my hor horses horsell seli seya legs and feet being in better betten order than those of my neighbors I 1 should td the four following ng circumstances first that they are all shod with few nails BO so placed jp ip the shoe ahoe as a to permit the foot to elpa expand n d every evey time they moye move i e secondly that they all ley ifrain in bores boxes instead pf af stalls and can move when b en ever they pie please ise lse thirdly that they hlll I 1 iver hours ours dail dall daily y walking exercise when the not at work and fourthly t that h at I 1 have not pot a headstall head ead stall or rack chain in iny my stable these wese four circumstances comprehend the whalem tery of keeping horses borses legs lega fine and ands their I 1 et in aund sound working condition up to a good 0 old oid ll 11 age e i ah in begard regard to fastening the tha thoe ahoe i it is best allowed to expand to weight of the horse by placing three nails in jha be outer limb of the shoe and two in the inner limb between the toe and the thip commencement of the in inner n e r quarter 1 1 a larger number than thian eive five nails can never be required in ah ahr any shoe of any bize size or under any circumstances k excepting for the sole bole purpose of counteracting defective and clumsy fitting ivi w |