Farriery - Some Questions and Answers on the Anatomy of the Foot and Leg of the Horse, and on Shoemaking

By Anon Anon

Presented as a series of questions and answers, “Farriery” provides solutions to a variety of common queries concerning the anatomy of the foot and leg, as well as shoemaking in general. Although old, the information contained within this volume is timeless and will be of considerable utility horse-owners and apprentice farriers. Contents include: “What Difference Would you find in the Bones of a Hind Limb, are they named Differently?”, “Are all Bones Tubular?”, “Why are Horses Shod?”, “How Often should a Horse be Shod?”, “Describe Fully the Os Pedis”, “What is the Periosteum and What are its Functions?”, “Where do you find the Interossious Ligament”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read Country Books
• Release date: Feb 7, 2018
• ISBN: 9781528783453

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FARRIERY

Some Questions and Answers on the Anatomy of the Foot and Leg of the Horse, and on Shoemaking

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Horses – Care and Maintenance

Horses – Care and Maintenance

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. It is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family ‘Equidae’. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began to domesticate horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC. We, as humans have interacted with horses in a multitude of ways throughout history – from sport competitions and non-competitive recreational pursuits, to working activities such as police work, agriculture, entertainment and therapy. Horses have also been used in warfare, from which a wide variety of riding and driving techniques developed, using many different styles of equipment and methods of control. With this range of uses in mind, there is an equally extensive, specialized vocabulary used to describe equine-related concepts, covering everything from anatomy to life stages, size, colours, markings, breeds, locomotion, and behaviour.

Looking after horses is a time consuming, as well as moderately expensive task – only to be embarked upon seriously. Horses can consume approximately 2% to 2.5% of