THE JERSEY, ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY COW. 6/ 



pointed the hopes of their tricky masters, who, in 

 attempting to make a horse look old by drawing some 

 of his teeth, in order that they may be believed to have 

 been shed, retards the growth of the teeth that are to 

 replace them. The pressure on the permanent tooth 

 as it advances to displace the temporary produces a 

 certain degree of irritation, and a determination of 

 blood to the parts favorable to the development of the 

 former. 



Mr. Simonds says, "Among the anomalies which are 

 met with in the teethinof of oxen, the cuttino of one 

 tooth of a given pair four or five weeks before the other 

 is the most frequent. The tooth thus put up out of 

 regular order is likely to lead to an error with reference 

 to the animal's age. My own observations go to show 

 that in most instances it is a premature cutting of the 

 one, and not a delay in the coming up of the other tooth, 

 which produces the anomaly ; and consequently that 

 the animal is younger than he appears to be at first 

 sight. I have noticed that this irregularity applies far 

 more frequently to the third and fourth pairs than to 

 either the first or second." 



To Determine the Milking Qualities of a Cow, 

 many important points have to be considered. We 

 shall classify them under two heads : Constitutional or 

 rather Systemic Characters, and Local Peculiarities of 

 the Mammary Glands. 



Whether destined for the production of flesh or milk, 

 the cows of any breed may possess the distinguishing 



