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For what is the use o' calkin' A tub with a mustard pot— And what is the use o' talkin' Of a boat that you haven't got?

By means of an elongated toe-piece to the shoe and calkins, which were shortened every fifteen days, the filly was completely cured in seventy days.'

More often than not it is met with in the feet of heavy draught animals, and is there caused by the calkin, either when being violently backed or suddenly turned round.

This condition is commonly the result of a severe and jagged tread with the calkin, and takes the form of an ulcerous and excessively granulating wound.

The horse was a big animal, and freshly shod with heavy shoes, on which a toe-piece and calkins were used.