The horse and other live stock . certain mode ofjudging. The rings are distinctonly in the cow; and it is wellknown that if a heifer goes to bullwhen she is two years old, or alittle before or after that time, achange takes place in the horn andthe first ring appears; so that a realthree-year-old would carry themark of a four-year-old. The rings on the horns of a bullare either not seen until five, orthey cannot be traced at all; whilein the ox they do not appear till he is five years old, and thenare often very indistinct. In addition to this, it is by no means an uncommon practice tofile the
The horse and other live stock . certain mode ofjudging. The rings are distinctonly in the cow; and it is wellknown that if a heifer goes to bullwhen she is two years old, or alittle before or after that time, achange takes place in the horn andthe first ring appears; so that a realthree-year-old would carry themark of a four-year-old. The rings on the horns of a bullare either not seen until five, orthey cannot be traced at all; whilein the ox they do not appear till he is five years old, and thenare often very indistinct. In addition to this, it is by no means an uncommon practice tofile the horns, so as to makethem smooth, and to give theanimal the appearance of beingmuch younger than it really is, therefore, an exceedinglyfallacious guide, and cannot berelied upon by any one with thedegree of confidence desired. The surest indication of theage in cattle, as in the horse, isgiven by the calf, at birth, will usually have two incisor or frontteeth—in some cases just appearing through the gums; in. SECOND WEEK. FORMATION OF TEETH, 53 others, fully set, varying as the cow falls short of, or exceeds,her regular time of calving. If she overruns several days,
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