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Solid 100-Year-Old Primer On Essential Shoeing Principles

Notes On Shoeing For Horse-Owners By Captain V.H. Scratchley

By Dennis Manning posted on September 1, 2013 | Posted in Education

This book offers a rare treasure of sound, basic horseshoeing principles for the normal foot. Captain V.S. Scratchley's goal in writing Notes On Shoeing For Horse-Owners in 1911 was to provide horse owners with the means to evaluate the work so they could "employ the best farrier obtainable." He presents many good arguments for the need of frequent quality hoof care.

35 Great Debuts

Here’s a look at when some of the greatest farriers first contributed to American Farriers Journal

By Pat Tearney posted on July 1, 2010 | Posted in Business Practices

While working on this 35th Anniversary issue of American Farriers Journal, I've been paging through back issues. At times I can almost feel the heat of the forges and hear the distant echo of hammer ringing on steel.

Farrier Quick Takes

[Video] Making A Hoof Pick

October 2, 2009 | Posted in Equipment, Shoeing

Dennis Manning is a Hall Of Fame shoer from Roosevelt, Utah. In this video, he forges a hoof pick.

Shoeing for a Living

A Little Old And A Little New

Utah’s Jacob Manning adapts lessons learned from his Hall of Fame father into his own style of horseshoeing

By Pat Tearney posted on September 1, 2009 | Posted in Forging, Shoeing

Cool mornings, Utah and June don't seem to belong in the same sentence, but it's a cool June morning in Roosevelt, Utah, as Jacob Manning pilots his shoeing rig from the parking lot of a local restaurant where he and his nephew, Dennis, met me for breakfast before heading to their first shoeing stop.

Farrier Quick Takes

[Video] Mormon Hobbles

August 31, 2009 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients, Equipment

Texas shoer Doyle Blagg shows a set of Mormon Hobbles forged by Dennis Manning of Roosevelt, Utah. These hobbles were used by Mormon travellers on their way to Utah to prevent their horses from being stolen.

Practical Rig Tips

Some Assembly Required

Putting together a smooth-working shoeing rig is easy — once you’ve learned the hard way. So we asked farriers to share their rig problems and the solutions they found to them

By Ron Perszewski posted on April 1, 2007 | Posted in Business Practices, Equipment, Shoeing

Too much gear or not enough. Badly organized equipment. Low roofs and leaky roofs. Underpowered engines or poor fuel economy.

Local Association Spotlight

Understand Metallurgy, Improve Your Forging Skills

Dennis Manning demonstrates benefits of knowing how your stock works

By Pat Tearney posted on January 1, 2005 | Posted in Education, Forging

Dennis Manning of Roosevelt, Utah, has a well-earned reputation as a horseshoer, blacksmith and toolmaker. One of the reasons for that reputation is his understanding of the science behind those crafts, as he demonstrated during a clinic at Dave Ferguson’s Mint Vale Forge in Cambridge, Md., late last year.

Proven Family Recipe Gives Rise To Second-Generation Farriers

November 1, 2004

No one can guarantee that a child will grow up to become a horseshoer, but families in which the farrier trade has been handed from one generation to the next share remarkably similar memories.

Hospital Plates Effective For Management Of Laminitis, Other Hoof Problems

They protect sensitive hooves while still offering easy access to farriers, veterinarians and horse owners

By Robert Sigafoos posted on September 1, 2002 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing

A hospital plate can be readily removed to provide access to the sole. This can be of considerable value when treating acute lesions in the sole or wall.

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Factory Shoe Size vs. Steel Length

Illinois farrier Vern Powell shares the benefits of looking at feet in terms of steel length instead of a standard factory shoe sizes. It could give you a leg up in a forging competition or when sitting for an examination.

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