. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 850 THK AMKIIICAX ! S STOCK HOOK. or perforated plate of tho ethmoid bono. 12—The hjwer cell of the ethmoid bone. 13—Tho .superior turliiiiated bone. 14—The inferior turbinated bone. 17—The sphenoid bone. V. Dentition of Sheep. Youatt gives as follows the dentition of sheep, by whieli it will be easy to tell the age correctly: The sheep has eight incisors in the lower jaw, and twelve grinders—six on a side in each jaw,—making in all thirty-two teeth. At l)irth the lamb should have the two cent
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 850 THK AMKIIICAX ! S STOCK HOOK. or perforated plate of tho ethmoid bono. 12—The hjwer cell of the ethmoid bone. 13—Tho .superior turliiiiated bone. 14—The inferior turbinated bone. 17—The sphenoid bone. V. Dentition of Sheep. Youatt gives as follows the dentition of sheep, by whieli it will be easy to tell the age correctly: The sheep has eight incisors in the lower jaw, and twelve grinders—six on a side in each jaw,—making in all thirty-two teeth. At l)irth the lamb should have the two central incisors just pushing through. At a month old all the incisors should be up. At one year, sometimes not until fifteen months old, the two first milk incisors will be shed, and two new or permanent ones will appear. At two years old past, it will have two more i)ermanent teeth, or four in all. At three years old past, it will have six pei-manent incisors, and at four years old past, the eight permanent teeth, or a full mouth, as it is called, will be shown. This will be an accurate test as to the age of sheep, up to four years, varied of course, by care and keep ; highly fed sheep developing faster than ill kept ones. At six the incisors begin to decrease in breadth, and lose their fan shape, as seen at four years old. At seven they become longer and narrower, and each year this shrinkage continues, until at last they become quite slender, the middle ones long, and at ten years they loosen and begin to drop out. VI. Points of Sheep Explained. To locate the different exterior portions of the sheep, we give a cut of one of the half-wild breeds of the animal, which seems goat-like, but the wool of which shows it to be a EXTEKIOK POINTS OF SHKEP. Explanation.—A—Face. B—Muzzle. O—Neck. D—Shoulder. B —Point of the Shoulder, i^—Breast. (7—Girth-place. ^—Back. I —Loin. ^—Rump. Z—Thigh. 3/—Ilip. iV—Root of Please note that these
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