The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-30

At three years old the horse should
have the central permanent nippers
growing, the other two pairs wasting,
six grinders in each jaw, above and be-
low, the first and fifth level, the others
and the sixth protruding. The sharp
edges Of the new incisors will be very
evident, compared with the old teeth.
As the permanent nippers wear and
continue to grow n narrow portion Of
the cone-shaped tooth is exposed by the
attrition of the teeth on each other
The mark will be wearing out and the
crowns Of the teeth will be sensibly
smaller than at two years. Between
three and half and four years the next
pair of nippers will be changed, the GEN.
trail nippers will have attained nearly
their full growth, a vacuity will be left
where the second stood, and the corner
teeth will be diminished in breadth,
worn down, and the mark in the centre
OF the tooth will become faint. The
second pair Of grinders will be she'd
At four years the central nippers will be
fully developed, and sharp edge some
what worn off, and the mark somewhat
wider and fainter. The next pair will
be up, but they will be small, with 4
mark deep and extending quite across
them. The corner nippers will be larger
than the inside ones, but smaller than
before and fiat, and the mark nearly
effaced. The sixth grinders will have
risen to level with the Others, and the
tushes will begin to appear. AT FIVE
years the horses mouth is almost per-
feet. The corner nippers are quite up,
the long, deep mark irregular in the in
side and the other nippers will bear
evident tokens Of increased wear. The
tushcs are nearly grown, the sixth molar
is up and the third molar is wanting
This last circumstance will prevent the
deception OF attempting to pass four
year-old as ve-year-old. At six the
mark on the central nippers is worn out.
At seven years the mark is worn out in
the four central nippers and fast wearing
away in the corner teeth. The tusheS
are rounded At the points and edges, and
beginning to &C; round inside. AZ eight
years old the iushcs are rounded in every
way; the mark is gone from all the bot
tom nippers. There is nothing remain
ing in them that can afterward clearly
show the age of horse. After this the
only guides are the nippers in the upper
jaw. At nine years the mark will be
worn from the middle nippers, from the
next pair II ten years, and from all the
upper nippers 1t eleven years. \; nine
years the centre nipperS are round in
stead Of oval. ~ ten years the Others
begin 10 become rounded AZ eleven
years the second pair are very much
rounded; II thirteen years the corner
ones have the same appearance 4; four
teen years the face of the centre nippers
becomes somewhat triangular 4; seven
teen years they are all so.
TO TRAIN OR SHAPE THE HORNS OF
YOUNG CATTLE.
In answer 10 correspondent in
quiry As the best way to train or shape
the horns of young cattle. the -NdhoRI.
LiTc Sl1ck Formal says Ii il is desira-
bic 20 straighien horn, you may fre-
quently scrape with 4 piece of glass. or
knife, the hollow side which will cause
it to grow faster on that side but-n
that case it must not be scraped deeply,
for then il become. weaker on ihl; side.
and will be turned toward the weaker
side. Some scrape the side towards
which they wish TO turn the horn quite
thin, and then scrlpe the opposite side
just enough TO make it grow faster, and
that will turn il towards the thinly
scraped side. Ii you wish to turn horn
Hp,~serape on the under side just enough
to make it grow faster on that side. \
yery barbarous way TO turn a horn is
sometimes practiced, by soaring with j
hot iron on the side towards which the
horn is to be turned. This prevents the
growth Of the horn on tina, side, and the
growth upon the other side turns the
horn.
The horns may be polished BY rub
bing them with fine sand paper, and
then with pumice stone, and oiling them,
but this artificial manipulation OF horns
is seldom necessary. The horns OF
well-fed cattle will generally grow in
comely shape il let alone.
The hair is sometimes oiled TO give j,
glossy appearance, but the best gloss
is put upon the hair by rich and appro-
pirate feeding. Nature, under proper
conditions, does this work best.
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