After the second interview the King felt persuaded that one circumstance had been related to him by the farrier, which he alone knew, and which had happened more than twenty years before.
As for the farrier himself, he was equally reserved.
He saw the thin lines of smoke from the chimneys of each household, and the more copious outpourings from the forges of the van-builder, the blacksmith, and the farrier.
Jerome sat himself contented down, and put me through my paces like some farrier showing off a foundered nag.
With an eye to business, a few traveling farriers hang about this pass, and find occasional employment in setting shoes.
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Everywhere there were farriers and innkeepers with a knack for healing, wise women who knew about herbs (who might or might not have a reputation as witches).
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But it should not necessarily be that in a peculiar part, where everything is rather wild and woolly, there are no farriers at all.
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Even the blacksmiths and the farriers who are necessary have been taken away.
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Then we organised the farriers all over the country, and the result has been successful.
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There is no difference between us about there being a shortage of properly trained farriers.
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Thefarrierconcerned soon came to an end but not before causing suffering to an animal.
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For instance, she asked about the situation where the localfarrierwas ill.
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The animal was hurt and thefarrierdid not survive.
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Their argument is that the way to ensure the recruitment of farriers is to preclude anyone other than a registeredfarrierfrom shoeing a horse.
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If it had to be increased substantially, are the sponsors satisfied that it might not discourage the recruitment of farriers?
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All farriers are unanimous in considering this to be a sensible measure.
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I have, however, received representations respecting the wages paid by them to their farriers and wheelwrights, who perform work incidental to the mail service.
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I drew the firm's attention to the matter, and the farriers have had their wages raised.
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Farriers did not go out of business when the first tractor was invented.
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The horse population is small, so farriers are almost nonexistent.
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