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Found an old farrier's manual from 1923 that changed how I see trimming
I picked up a book called 'Horseshoeing for the Practical Man' at a farm sale in Lancaster. It said a horse's hoof wall grows at a rate of about a quarter inch per month, which I knew, but then it claimed the sole thickness should be a third of that. I've been checking my own work against that for a month now and it's made a real difference in how the foot lands. Anyone else ever run across that specific old rule and still use it?
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