. Biggle sheep book. Sheep. Chapter XVII, The age of a sheep is deter- mined by the size of the front teeth, or incisors, as they are tech- nically known, until the animal is four years old. After that the age is determined by the general appearance. Lambs have temporary incisors, all tekth small and which are short, small and nar- same size in a lamb. rQw . permanent incisors come as the sheep matures. The first pair of the latter appear in the center of the set at about fifteen to eighteen months of age ; the next pair, one on each side of the yearling teeth, at twenty- one to twenty-f
. Biggle sheep book. Sheep. Chapter XVII, The age of a sheep is deter- mined by the size of the front teeth, or incisors, as they are tech- nically known, until the animal is four years old. After that the age is determined by the general appearance. Lambs have temporary incisors, all tekth small and which are short, small and nar- same size in a lamb. rQw . permanent incisors come as the sheep matures. The first pair of the latter appear in the center of the set at about fifteen to eighteen months of age ; the next pair, one on each side of the yearling teeth, at twenty- one to twenty-four months ; ^# the third pair at thirty to thirty-three months, and the fourth and last pair at about thirty - eight t o fort}' - two months. Many sheep have a full mouth at three years old. Old sheep should not be kept. Cull your flock closely each year, marketing all ewes which are barren or that have broken mouths—that is, some oi. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, Wilmer Atkinson co.
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