AGE INDICATED BY TJJE TEETH 



635 



should, as a rule, be cut and fed from troughs, as they go 

 further, and the practice pays in the end. If tegs are made 

 to bite turnips, they break their milk incisor teeth in frosty 

 weather, and cannot then feed satisfactorily. 



A mixture of concentrated artificial food (bruised cake 

 and grain) prevents scour and various other ailments in 

 fattening tegs. It is best to begin with a small quantity, and 



3 months. 



1C months. 



FIG. 52. SLOW-MATURITY DENTITION. When forced, sheep get their per- 

 manent teeth a few months earlier. 



to increase to about J Ib. at the New Year (average J to J lb.), 

 and then to increase in the proportion of J lb. per 100 Ibs. 

 live-weight till the time of sale. Concentrated food is' 

 sometimes mixed with chaffed hay or straw, but it is a more 

 common practice to give long hay in racks, and the other 

 foods separately. When the market price makes it expedient, 

 i ton of hay may be set aside per acre of roots that is, I ton 

 of hay to 1 5 tons of roots, or an allowance of a little over I lb, 

 of hay per sheep per day. 



