Y> V ^. V'^' ^-^ /^^(fA'o ''-^^ ^'^^ ^'-J^^rn^". ^. .,^ ,^^'V oV <^ * «, « o ^ ^^ 0° .'i^.:- °o THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO Blacksmithing Horseshoeing^ Carriage and Wagon Building and Paintina: Eased en the Text Book on Hofseslioemg i By Professor A. Lung-wit^ a Director of the Shoeing School of the Royal Veterinary College I at Dresden \ With Chapter3 on I Cafria2:e-Iroaing, "^agon and Bwggy Painting, Var- \ nishing. Ornamenting, Etc. By ' i ' ; , ; i y ; i ; ' •! Charles F. Adami : ! ; . . ',..;; I L L U S T R A T &SJ ' ; ' ,'^\ >. CHICAGO M. A, DONOHUE &: CO. 407-429 Dearborn St. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Two CopiEfe REceivEO JUL. 10 1902 CoPVWtGHT ENTRY Class c^xxc. no. COPY B. tt /... i-1 / "!) ^ Copyright 1902 M. A. DONOHUE & CO. M, A. DONOHUE A CO. x PRINTERS AND BIH0ER8, CHICAGO, CONTENTS Part I. GENERAL BLACKSMITHING. PAGE. Chapter I. The Forge— Forga and Blast, Spring Bellows, Care of Bellows, The Anvil, The Hammer, Other Tools H Chapter II. Operations in Forging — The Fire, Flux, Degrees of Heat, Drawing Down, Set-ojEf, Jumping or Up-setting, Shutting Together, Hardening Steel, Case- Hardening 26 Part II. HORSESHOEING. Chapter I. The Anatomy of the Horse's Foot — The Hoof in General, The Wall, The Sole, The VvTiite Line, The Frog, The Skin, The Coronary Band, The Sensitive Structures 47 Chapter II. Growth and Condition of the Hoof — Growth of the Hoof, Wearing of the Hoof Affected by Position 01 Lcj^s, How to Judge a Hoof 57 Chapter HI. Shoeing Healthy Hoofs— The Pre- liminary Examination, Raising and Holding the Foot, Taking off the Old Shoes, Preparing the Hoof for Shoes, Preparing the Hoof for Going Barefoot, 3 4 Contents. PASE Making Shoes, Character of the Shoe, Heel Calks, Toe and Heel Calks, Peculiarities of Shoes for DiiTerent Kinds of Feet, The Choice of the Shoe, Fitting Shoes, Shoeing Heavy Draught Horses, Concluding Direc- tions, Nailing the Shoe 73 Chapter IV, Forging and Interfering 105 Chapter V. Winter Shoeing. Care of the Hoof — Ice-nails, Sharp Calks, Screw Calks, To Prevent Ball- ing with Snow, Care of Unshod Hoofs, Washing, Time to Shoe, Hoofs of Older Horses, Care of Shod Hoofs 110 Chapter VI. Shoeing^ Defective Hoofs — Lame- ness, Inflammation of the Pododerm, Treatment, The Bar-Shoe, "Nailing," Treatment for "Nailing," Street Nail, Calking, Corns, Treatment of Corns, In- flammation of the Bulbs of the Heels, Founder, Horn Tumor 118 Chapter VII. Various Defects — Flat Hoof and Dropping Sole, Stumpy Hoof, Contracted Hoof, Treat- ment, Wry Hoofs, Crooked Hoofs, Side-Bone, Cracks, Treatment of Cracks, Loose Wall, Hollow Wall, Thrush of the Frog 135 Chapter VIII. Shoeing Mules and Oxen 150 Part III. CARRIAGE BUILDING. Chapter I. Carriage Ironing — Edge Plates, The Wheel Plate, Bed Plates, Top Plate, The Transom Plate, The Bottom Plate, Wheel Irons and Front Bars, Head Irons, Hind Irons, Cross Spring, Branch Steps, Steps with T-flap, The Wings, The Seat Rails, Dash Iron, Boot Steps, Pole Socket, Springs, Tires. . 153 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. NO. CUT. PAGE 1. A Brick Forge 12 2. An Iron Forge with Fan Blower 13 3. Bellows with Spring Attachment 15 4. Anvil 17 5. Blacksmith's Hammers 21 6. The Proper Kind of Hammer Eye 22 7. A Pair of Tongs 23 8. Split Joint 41 9. Butt Joint 41 10. T Joint 42 11. Section of the Foot 47 12. External Appearance of Foot 48 13. Bottom of Foot 51 14. Normal Position of Front Feet 61 15. Base-wide Position 62 16. Out-toe Position 63 17. Base-narrow, In-toe Position 63 18. Correct Position as Viewed from Side 64 19. Position Too Far Forward 65 20. Sheep-kneed Position 65 21. Acute-angled Foot 66 22. Bear-Foot 68 23. Lines of Flight, Regular, Base- wide, and Base- narrow 69 24. Untrimmed and Trimmed Hoofs 82 25. Both Sides of a Front Shoe, Showing Concaving and Position of Nails 85 26. Front Shoe. Hind Shoe 87 27. Heel Calks 91 28. A Horseshoe Nail 101 6 List of Illustrations. CUT NO. PAGB 29. Interfering Shoe— Front 107 30 Dropped-Crease Interfering Hind Shoe 108 31. Hind Shoe for Toe-Cutters 109 32. An Ice-Nail 110 33. Inner Heel Calk Ill 34. Outer Heel Calk 112 35. Bar Shoe 121 36. Wide-Web Shoe for Foundered Hoof 134 37. Tip for Stumpy Hoof 137 38. Treatment of Cracks 144 39. Shoe for One Claw of an Ox 151 40. Key to Names of Carriage Irons 154 41. Bored Hubs 189 42. '-' Stagger" Mortised Hubs 190 43. Work Bench 193 44. Dished Spoke 197 45. Repairing Dished Wheel 197 46. Wheel for a Wheelbarrow 201 47. Modern Farm ¥/agon 203 48. Front Bolster 204 49. Back Bolster 205 50. Good Form of Hounds 206 PUBLISflERS' PREFACE. Without doubt the most thoroughly reliable handbook of horseshoeing is the German text- book of Professor Lungwitz, director x)f the Shoeing School of the Royal Veterinary College at Dresden. The conditions in Germany are almost identical with those in this country, and the Shoeing School superintended by Pro- fessor Lungwitz may safely be regarded as the best in the world. Certainly there is none like it in the United States. But Professor Lungwitz 's discussion of the anatomy of the horse's foot is too technical for the ordinary reader, and his book gives no sug- gestions on the elementary principles of black- smithing, which are prerequisites of any attempt at shoeing a horse. To make the present hand- book complete, these directions have been added, and the text of Professor Lungwitz 's book has been somewhat condensed and simpli- fied. Moreover, a chapter on carriage-ironing, with other general information, has been added. 8 Publishers^ Preface. that the manual may be thoroughly prac- tical and as complete as possible. It is certainly true that every owner and driver of horses, as well as every person who professes to be a horseshoer, should have a thorough knowledge of the horse's foot and the requirements in the way of shoeing. But how many do! Even farriers know no more of the horse's hoof, and the scientific require- ments for obtaining the best results in any given case, than they have been able to pick up in the exercise of their trade. This kind of knowl- edge is notoriously imperfect. It will never improve. And owners and drivers are for the most part so ignorant that they could not tell a front foot from a hind foot, or tell the differ- ence between a job of shoeing that would make a horse lame in a week, and one that would cure the same lameness in even less time. And this ignorance costs the owner many a hard- earned dollar. No better investment can be made than a little time spent in the study of the horse's feet, by the help of a really scientific manual. But it is better not to study any book at all than one that is unreliable. It is believed that the present volume will meet the popular need better than any other that has yet been issued. The authoritativeness Pvhlishers' Preface. 9 of anything from the pens of Professor Lungwitz and Mr. Adams is uiiimpeachable, while the publishers have given the volume a practical character which must inevitably appeal to the common sense of the average reader. PART I. GENERAL BLACKSMITHING, CHAPTER I. THE FORGE. The Forge and Blast. This is the term usually applied to the blacksmith's open fire or hearth, where iron is heated by agency of a blast. Fig. 1 shows an elevation of a form of hearth very common in this country. When of the largest size, this hearth is a kind of trough of brickwork, about six feet square, elevated several inches from the floor of the shop. One side is extended into a vertical wall leading to the chimney, the lower end of which termi- nates in a head, or hood of stout iron plates, which catch the smoke from the open hearth and guide it to the chimney. The back wall of the forge is provided with a thick cast iron plate, level with the hearth. This is called the ''back," and has in its centre a thick projecting 12 Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing. iron nozzle, perforated to allov/ the wind for the blast to pass into the forge. This is termed the 'Hue" or '' tuyere," French for a tube or pipe. The large leathern bellows which supply the blast are either actuated by a long handle, or worked by a treadle as shown in the figure. The bellows should be double, that is, divided by a horizontal partition, which separates the entire bellows into a working or under part, and a regulating or upper part. By low^ering the under- part after it has been raised, the valve in its bottom will be forced open by the pressure of the atmosphere, and the lower compartment will fill with air. On raising the bottom, the lower valve closes, and the air Carriage and Wagon Building. 13 in the under part is compressed and forced through the valve in the partition, whence the weight of the top drives it through the tuyere or nozzle. The pressure may be increased by putting weights upon the top. The bellovv's may be driven b)^ machinery or power, where such can be procured, quite as well as by hand. Many prefer the circular bellows, or the fan; and in large smithies air is supplied to a vast number of forges through pipes fed by air-pumps. Vi.^ 2^z^.2 . 14 Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing, Fig. 2 shows a steel portable forge, composed entirely of iron and steel, with a fan worked by a crank, the air-pipe passing downward and through a 'tuyere" into the coal-box. In front of the hearth are usually two plate-iron troughs, one to contain coal, the other (the slake trough) being filled with water. The tuyere or tue iron is generally a simple block of cast iron six or eight inches long and three inches square, with a tapered bore of one inch at the sm.aller and three inches at the larger end. The narrow part, which is directed to the fire, can be made narrower by placing an iron ring of more or less thickness within the aperture. Tuyeres have been contrived of various forms, but probably none will be found superior to that just described. Hot-air tuyeres have been used, but are now generally abandoned. The water tuyere is, on account of its durability, very valuable. Here the cast iron forge back is made hollow so that a stream of water may circulate through it from a small cistern. The water back is, therefore, kept from becoming intensely hot, and it and the tuyere last much longer. The Spring Belloios. A noted smith says, ''Of all the bellows that I have seen or used, one with the spring attached . beats them all Carriage and Wagon Building. 15 for a steady blast. You would be surprised to see the difference there is in the blast of these bellows when the spring is used and when it is not. A, in Fig. 3, is the spring which is bolted on to the piece B, with three carriage J^2^'