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Show BAD SHOEING INJURES FEET Oilier Troubles Cetiae Iforaee to 1 step Gingerly When Km- ' tended Good Himtdy j la It ecom mantled , (My J. IIAII.KY IlltllCIC.) Owing to bad shoeing and also many other cause many bur suBer ;" with contracted feet. The heel are narrowed and the horae steps gingerly with a desire . to 'Xtcnd himself when forced to trot or gallop. The writer Is now using' horse tl .care old and when he drove him for ' he flisl lime In December Inst saw hat he experienced great difficulty In xieiidlng himself and especially on ougli or stone ronds. Ho was shod Willi heel calks on the ronl aa well aa the hind feet ami It vna vury perceptible I hul the heela of lis front lent were too narrow. After three miaucecitsfiil trials with egulnr blacksmiths the horse was ex-iiiilned ex-iiiilned hy a competent veterinary ur- teon who pronounced his trouble to i So contracted heels. lln had I hem shod perfectly level In front, springs were placed In between he bark of his shoes to keep till heela pread and a piece of sole leather waa aclied across the hllowa of the hoot 'ioIow the hoof and the shoes to pro-'eet pro-'eet Ihe sole of the foot and b;sk he Jnr ol traveling on rough and stony places. About onco of twice a week a hoof -liniment consisting of one pint of Neat's foot oil with two tnhlespoon-fuls tnhlespoon-fuls of oil of tar waa applied on the outside of the front feet wllh a soft rug and then, raising the edge of the leather, a Utile la poured over Ihe sole of the foot and a few drops In Ihe heel cleft Since the Inst shoeing and followl.ig the treiitiiienl above described the horse has Improved wonderfully In his road work snd rarely filucliea, even going at a U' mile an hour slip. |
