Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-06
TO ESTIMATE THE WEIGHT OF CATTLE.

First, see that the animal stands square
then, with string, take his circumference
Just behind the shoulder.blade, and measure
the feet and inches-this is the girth. Then
measure from the bone of the tail which
plumbs the line with the hinder part of the
buttock, and direct the string along the back
to the fore part of the shoulder-blade, and
this will be the length. Then, work the fig
ures thus: Suppose girth of bullock 6 feet 4
inches, length 5 feet 3 inches, which multi
piled together make 33 square superficial feet,
and these, multiplied by 23-the number of
pounds allowed for each superficial foot of
cattle measuring less than seven and more
than five feet in girth-make $50 pounds.
When the animal measures less than nine and
more than seven feet in girth, 81 is the num-
ber of pounds to be estimated for each super
fetal foot. And suppose small animal to
measure 2 feet in girth and Q feet in length,
these multiplied together make 4 feet, which
multiplied by eleven-the number of pounds
allowed for each square foot when the cattle
measures less than three feet in girth-make
A pounds. Again, suppose calf or sheep
to measure 4 feet inches in girth, and 3 feet
9 inches in length; that multiplied together
make 16 square feet, and these multiplied by
l6, the number of pounds allowed for cattle
measuring less than and more than feet
in girth, make 256 pounds. The dimensions
of girth and length of the back Of cattle,
sheep, calves and hogs taken this way, are as
exact as it is at all necessary for common COM
putaton or valuation of stock, and will an
swer to the four quarters of the animal, sink
ing the offal. A deduction must be made for
animals half fat, of one pound in twenty from
those that are fat, and for COW that has had
calves, one pound must be allowed in addition
to the one for not being fat, upon every twen-
ty.-Boston Journatof Chemistry.
HOW TO KNOW THE AGE OF A HORSE.
The colt is born with twelve grinders; when
four front teeth have made their appearance,
the colt is twelve days old and when the
next four comes forth it is four months old.
When the corner teeth appear the colt is eight
months old when the latter have attained to
the height of the front teeth it is one year old.
The two-year old colt has the kernel, "a dark
substance) in the middle front teeth, and when
three years old they are substituted by the
horse teeth. The next four teeth are shifted
in the fourth year, and the corner teeth in
the fifth. At six years the kernel is worn out
of the lower middle front teeth, and the bri-
die teeth have now attained to their full
growth. At seven years hook has been
formed in the corner teeth of the upper jaw,
the kernel of the teeth next at the middle
fronts is worn out, and the bride teeth begin
to wear off: At eight years Of age the kernel
is worn out of all the lower front teeth, and
begins to decrease in the middle upper front.
In the ninth yearthe kernel has wholly disap-
peared from the upper front teeth, the hook
on the corner teeth has increased in size, and
the bride teeth lose their points. In the
tenth year, the kernel is worn out of the teeth
next to the middle front Of the upper jaw;
and in the eleventh year the kernel has nearly
vanished from the corner teeth of the same
jaw. At twelve years old the crown of all
the front teeth in the lower jaw has become
triangular, and the bride teeth are much
worn down. AS the horse advances in age
the gums shrink away from the teeth, which
consequently, receive long, narrow appear
ance, and their kernels have become meta
morphosed into darkish point, gray hairs in
crease in the forehead, over the eyes, and the
chin assumes the form Of an angle Exchange.