It may be, however, that given a cause for contraction, such as the removal of the frog's counter-pressure with the ground by faulty shoeing or excessive paring, the fore-feet, by reason of their being called upon to bear the greater part of the body-weight, are the first to suffer.

A careful paring away of the overhanging horn, however, reveals the true state of affairs, and exposes to view the original cause of the mischiefa simple fissure in the wall.

While arising in the majority of instances from faulty conformation of the limb, crooked feet may also be brought about by bad shoeing, or by unequal paring of the foot, and, in a few cases, from unequal wear of the foot in a state of nature.

A point to be remembered in making this exploratory paring of the foot is the peculiar consistency of the horn of the frog, and its tendency to hide the existence of punctures.

If the skull is split an almost imperceptible paring of the skull bones at the joint would suffice to drop the antlers either laterally out of their proper plane, or else pitch the main beam backward.

In the very young animal the condition may be induced by an improper paring of the footcutting away too much at the toe, and allowing the heels to remain.

Whether occurring as a natural deformity, or as the result of insufficient paring, bruises of the sole in feet thus shaped are common.

A moderate paring may, however, be indulged in, say, to about one-half the estimated thickness of the sole.

Again, we must look to successive parings of the wall of the higher side to bring about a gradual return to the normal.

Where, by reason of the thinness of the horn or other causes, sufficient paring to equalize the tread cannot be practised, then the same end may be arrived at by the use of special shoes.

Or, remove the peel of a lemon in very thin parings, turn one pint of boiling water over them, letting it stand for a few moments covered.

This mellow pippin, which I pare around, My shepherd's name shall flourish on the ground: I fling th' unbroken paring o'er my head Upon the grass a perfect L is read.

When dealing with suppurating corn, then, a considerable paring away of the horn of the sole becomes a matter of necessity.