The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-11

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R1Isancs. WON " y : "THpt,5 t@t65i5 ~
II oi.tn comes handy TO know how 10
tell the nge oil an aninAl with reasonable
certainty. In tho hoISo ago may bs meas.
ured pretty accurately. N.Y. n. ,i'ig M
! The ioal Is born with twelve grinders.
When four Iron. teeth have made their up.
pearsnte the col. 10 twelve days old, md
( when the next Tour assert themselves To
ago will DO about twcnty,eight days. The
corner teeth make their appearance when
the ioal Is eight months, aud these latter
attain tho height OF tho front teeth at the
end Of q year. The two-yearold has the
ksrnh!-.hs dark subI.aacs Ia the middle
Of tho toolh's crown-ground out Of NIL tho
trent teeth. In the third year The middle
front teeth arc being shiliej, and when
three years old thcsB are substituted by the
permanent or horse teeth, which ato larger
and more yellow than their predGceBsoIs.
Tho next four teeth ara Bhiitud In tho
lourlh year, md the corner teeth In the
fifth, giving place TO the permanent nip.
per. lE NE '"wlaH-,.
| 4W Ia AT nv. YEARS or Adg
q horse has iotty teeth, oil which twenty.
tour arc grinders Tar beck In the Jaw, With
which vc have li.tic 10 do. Tne buyer
must be particularly on his guard against
having palmeu oil on him 10 fully five
yEIs u blly Of lees age, by calling your Vt. J
,sntion TO the fact that 'Aho has no colts
teeth Left" when the truth Ia they have
been Cunningly extracted; aud wu have
known the same said Of horse, when II
waa thought The customer WIS green
enough. But, be It remembered, horses
invariably have tusaes, which matee very
rarely do. y
nEroKE TIE AaR OF SIX
10 arrived ut tho ,ush II full grown, and has
a Rlight groUvo on its internal surface
which generally disappears with age, the
tush itsot becoming more rounded audi
blunt J; End II 6 the kernal " marx IL worm
out Of the mitidlo or front teeth, There will
plill be a differences oil color iu the center
Of Tho Tooth. The ce,aea. filing the hole
nade by the dipping Ia OF thu enamel will
present \ broyrer hue than tho retnaIuiDx
part Of tho tootl, ana II will be evidently
surrounded by M edge Of enamel, aud
there Will even remain d little depreSaiOn|
n tho center, also y depression round theI
ctae oil enamel; but the deep hole In thei
center Of tho tooth, with tue blackeaed str.
face which It presents, and tue elevated
edge, will have Disappeared. Persons not ..
much accustomed to horses have here i,een
sometimes sadly perp!e1ed, expecting 10
Hnc a plain saItacu, uniform In color. The
mark III the corner ,nippers no longer up.
pears 10 dip down in lie gum, bnt lookyl
moro Ike u hole lIatc In the middle Of the A,
tooth.
The edge OF the enamel has become ;
regular, aud tho sutiaco evidently worn.
Tie lushea have new attained their fuIl
groHth. being nearly or quite an inch In ,
length; convex without, conoave within,
tendine 10 point, aud the extremity some.
what curved. Nov, or perhaps some {
months before, the horae may bs said 10
have perfect mouth. !,
.5t.. AT SEVEN YEARS Ii
tho mark, as described, Is very nearly worn |s
out OF the Tour center nippeip, and last
u eAfiaR away III The corner ttetii-tspecfai.
ly in martc; but the black marx still re. '
mains In thu Center oil tho tooth, and Ia {
hot completely filled up until the animal Is
: years CID. Aa he gets on pRB, ! the brl. /
die teeth begin to Wear away.
AlSyea,s tho kernel has entirely dissp.
peared from I'll tue lower nippers, and b..
gsrs 10 decrease in the middle n!ppers. i.
. now said 10 bs ''pas. faa,k Of mouth"
There is, however, a fake" termed "b;sh. I
optng," irant tho kaave who started II. by |
which the mark on the lower nirpes Ia e
prolonged: l!.s supposed to be done with c
$ Isiaver," by which a cavity Of the pat /
Tern ota ytsr. old Is fcssped on. Of Tie G
plain surface Of the ccrnsr teelL; the hole a
Is then hniahed with hot iron, leaving a |
permanent mark by which al impractical |
eye might We'll be deceived; but ihe exact
nAtuia! appearance is never 30 nearly i,nI-
ta,ed Ga 10 deceive one who has paid any 1
attention at att 10 the development OF a c
horsey mouth. al ~ - =.
iSWhen .'a,osa than 7" the "kuogirp J
ones arc accus.umed to 10 by the appear \
anee Of The upper ironig, from which some 0
conclusion nlay certainly bo drawn, as the
marks remain IN them lepg after they
have, been lest from tho bottom onts. n
Much reliance can never be placed on the |
tushse, ior somv!imes they may BIZ !outd G
quite blum! at y, End often remain po;n,ed q
IL is. and sometimes those in the~s1Met
mouth will slow anapparen. difference d a o
year or moro. y ..o.-