Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1888 — Care of Horses’ Feet. [ARTICLE]

Care of Horses’ Feet.

Many of the diseases and ailments of horses feet are caused by improper shoeing. The practice by blacksmiths of hot fitting and clipping is one of the worst of the serious evils. Burning the sole of the foot will in time partially destroy the sensitive laminae. It impairs the membraneous lining under the coffin bone and closes the pores of the horn, causing the hoof to become hard and brittle. It also impedes the healthy growth of the hoof. It is alleged that shoes cannot be stted so rapidly nor as closely as by hot fitting, and this is generally true, for by this mesns the hoof is burned to correspond with the incqualitiea on the surface of the shoe, until the latter is thoroughly imbedded in tbe horn. Owners of hones should see that their blacksmiths do not pracrice this injurious mode of fitting shoes. £con will tbe garb of vernal grren Adrrn once more tbe sedgy moat, 8 ocn wi.l the jeuth of tensive mien Hypothecate n:s overcoat.