The Family Horse : Its Stabling, Care And Feeding : a Practical Manual for Horse-Keepers
The book The Family Horse : Its Stabling, Care And Feeding : a Practical Manual for Horse-Keepers was written by author Martin, George A., D. 1904 Here you can read free online of The Family Horse : Its Stabling, Care And Feeding : a Practical Manual for Horse-Keepers book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Family Horse : Its Stabling, Care And Feeding : a Practical Manual for Horse-Keepers a good or bad book?
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Fig. 69.-THE FOOT SHOD, rpj^g f ggj j^^g^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ manner to give the frog its natural action. The old method is to put on bar shoes, which give temporary relief, as the frog rests upon the bars. But it is much better to shoe the horse so that the frog can touch the ground at every step. If it is not to be driven on hard pavements, tips are sufiicient ; otherwise shoes must be used which are light and without calkins. « Sand Crack is a fissure in the homy wall, extending from the coronet to... the lower edge. In severe or long-continued cases the THE HORSE'S FOOT ; SHOEING AITD CARE. Ill opening extends to the sensitive laminae with inflammation and swelling of the coronal band. In the fore feet it generally affects the inside quarters, and in the hind feet the toes. It is generally caused by improper shoeing, rasping the outside of the hoof, paring the sole, and burning the horn with hot shoes. If there is much soreness, the foot had better be poulticed with flaxseed or soaked in tepid watex\ Sand, dirt or other foreign substances that have entered the crack must be removed.
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