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The Art of Horse-shoeing, A Manual for Farriers, by William Hunting, F.R.C.V.S

The Art of Horse-shoeing, A Manual for Farriers, by William Hunting, F.R.C.V.S

by William Hunting

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Author
Hunting, William, 1846-1913
Title
The Art of Horse-Shoeing: A Manual for Farriers
Credits
Produced by deaurider, Haragos Pál and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
SF: Agriculture: Animal culture
Subject
Horseshoeing
Category
Text
eBook-No.
49077
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49077
Release Date
May 29, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

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  2. 2.THE ART OF HORSE-SHOEING A Manual for Farriers , — CONTENTS. — PREFACE.
  3. 3.CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. The Form and Action of the Foot. — The Hoof. — The Secreting Structures. — Growth of Hoof. — Dissection of the Foot. — The Foot as a whole. — CHAPTER III. Preparation of the Foot. — Faults to be avoided. — CHAPTER IV. The Form and Manufacture of Shoes. — CHAPTER V. Selection of Shoes. — CHAPTER VI. Fitting and Application of Shoes. — CHAPTER VII. Roughing. — CHAPTER VIII. Injuries from Shoeing. — "Cutting" or "Brushing." — Over-reaching. — Speedy-cut. — "Forging" or "Clacking." — CHAPTER IX. Shoeing Bad Feet. — CHAPTER X. Leather and Rubber Pads. — CHAPTER XI. Shoeing Competitions. — INDEX.
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