I remember a friend of mine in middle school who anxiously opened his report card to find out if he would be enjoy summer vacation or be sentenced to summer school. How harshly he would be judged on an incomplete final assignment in comparison to a semester's volume of work would decide his fate.

The editors at American Farriers Journal are busy working on the sixth edition of Getting Started in Hoof Care, our career guide for new farriers. This is a free publication sent to all farrier school students and to anyone who requests a copy. The purpose of this magazine is to emphasize the business side of farriery. I came across an interesting tip that will be part of an article on invoicing and records.

If you subscribe to our magazine, you soon should receive the July/August issue in the mail, followed in a couple of months with the September/October edition. In between the two, we will publish a report for new farriers - Getting Started in Hoof Care.