This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. THE PRESENT METHOD OF PREPARING THE HORSE'S FOOT FOR SHOEING. Farriers are divided into two classes of workmen--viz. firemen and doormen; the duty of the former being to fit the shoes to the horse's feet, and that of the latter not only to prepare the foot for receiving the shoe, but also ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. THE PRESENT METHOD OF PREPARING THE HORSE'S FOOT FOR SHOEING. Farriers are divided into two classes of workmen--viz. firemen and doormen; the duty of the former being to fit the shoes to the horse's feet, and that of the latter not only to prepare the foot for receiving the shoe, but also to nail it on after it has been fitted. From this it will be seen that usually it takes two men to shoe a horse, although one fireman is supposed to fit out enough shoes to keep two doormen at work. I may remark here, how-ever, that though it is supposed "they manage most things better in France," yet, as it takes three men there to make and put on a shoe, the saying quoted above may be considered not to apply to farriery, which must be one of the exceptions that, it is said, go to prove all rules. Like us, the French have their fireman and door-man, but they have in addition another man, whose duty is, by aid of strap and strength to hold up the horse's foot while the doorman operates upon it, nailing on the shoe in a similar style that a carpenter would, had he to fasten one on to a door. This method, to Englishmen, has a clumsy look, besides involving the services of an extra man, who even then must stand greatly in the other's way. As the buttress is still used abroad, and every evil there practised that we are accustomed to here, it is not desirable to say any more about French horse-shoeing. Before going farther into details, I trust that it may not be considered out of place for me to refer to the prices charged in London and elsewhere for putting on shoes. In towns, as a rule, farriers are well paid for their work; but in country villages the prices given are often perfectly ridiculous. For instance, in Cheshire and Gloucestershire, ...
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