Suggested Reading for Owners
Tom Stovall, CJF © Copyright 1998

General Information: If an owner were able to buy only two books their lifetime,
these are the ones to buy.  They are not cheap, but in terms of general information
pertaining to farriery and lameness, they are literally without peer.

Butler, Principles of Horseshoeing II, 5th ed.

Stashak, Adams' Lameness in Horses, 4th ed.

Farriery:  Books dealing with various aspects of farriery and hoof care.
Some may be out of print, all are worth seeking.

Canfield, Elements of Farrier Science

Dollar and Wheatley, A Handbook of Horseshoeing (Originally published in 1898)

Emery, Miller & Van Hoosen, Horseshoeing Theory and Hoof Care

Lungwitz, A Textbook of Horseshoeing (Originally published in 1884)

Millwater, Dictionary of Farrier/Technical Terms

Simpson, The Identification, Analysis & Correction of Gait Faults in Horses

Veterinary Texts:  Selected texts dealing with veterinary aspects of farriery

Moyer, Leach, Pollitt, Rose & Jeffcott, Equine Lameness And Foot Conditions

Rooney, The Lame Horse

Pasquini, Atlas of Equine Anatomy

Spanish and Horses:  Sunbelt survival kits

Maria Belknap, The Horseman's Spanish/English Dictionary

Kelly & Kelly, Farm and Ranch Spanish

Magazines: Periodicals devoted to farriery

Anvil Magazine (Farrier organization politics, farrier and blacksmith articles)
PO Box 1810
Georgetown, CA 95634-1810

American Farriers Journal (American Farrier Assn. politics, farrier articles)
PO Box 624
Brookfield, WI

FYI:  Hoofcare and Lameness (No politics, cutting edge farrier stuff.)
PO Box 6600
Gloucester, MA 01930

Hammer & Tongs (Texas Professional Farriers Assn. newsletter.)
389 Starvation Hill Rd
Pipe Creek, TX 78063