Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1869 — Observations on Shoeing. [ARTICLE]

Observations on Shoeing.

No person should ever allow lii.s horse to be shod by a farrier who employs or keep* in his simp the knife used for cuttimr away the hoof, shaped bke a smail shovel, and usually braced against the shoulder when used for shovelling away t l|e horn. l'lte Abiiightv Assigned tlie l’rog as an' elastic,* insensible eashiou, on w-hieh the horse should walk, as do the fowl and other animals; yet. black-, smiths delight in cutting away tliis most useful part and thereby expose that which is most sensitive to contact with the bard road. _ No greater folly can l*M>imairineil. and to a ivas mabla man it only requires to die Noticed to make the error relf-apparetit. Tim blacksmith will argue that lie must “eat away the ragV and some are so ignorant as to dYelare they cut away the fr<>g • 0 pro” vent pressure on it;" that is to say tnev cut it away to provent. the very object of its creation. The frog should never bttjeut, or auv portion; if allowed to take its natural course it becomes a perfect safety-stand and-protect ion to the foot. —In eolts the frog may be seen in its full vigor and usefulness; but at the first slfixing the knife, goes to worker: aud. so it continues while there is any frog to cat. — Pub. Royal- Svci-