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such as whole corn and oats. The molars do not 

 come together near enough to thoroughly grind the 

 food and a portion of it will pass through the animal 



undigested. The teeth 

 should be thoroughly ex- 

 amined and if they are in 

 a proper condition and the 

 animal does not bolt his 

 grain, it is perfectly safe 

 to operate on the incisors. 

 The instruments nec- 

 essary to operate on the 

 incisor teeth are the 

 curved incisor cutters, 

 Fig. 34, and a ten inch 

 tooth rasp. This is made 

 in two styles, one which 

 is straight, and another 

 as in Fig. 35, which is 

 bent at right angles at the 

 center. Either one does 

 the work. I prefer the 

 straight one. 



With the curved in- 

 FIG. 35. FIG. 36. Straight 

 Tooth file, cutting forceps, cisor cutters remove the 



inner border of the incisor, and with the straight in- 

 cisor cutter, Fig. 36, remove the outer border; then 

 smooth with the rasp, being careful to keep the table 



