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food and care he gave It, continued to grow 

 poor in flesh, until at length it was hardly able 

 to stand. At this point a veterinary dentist 

 happened to stop in to float the teeth of one of 

 the other horses, and was asked to look at the 

 colt. On examining him he found that the 

 molars had become so uneven that he was un- 

 able to grind his food properly, which had re- 

 sulted in indigestion and the complete derange- 

 ment of his system. The doctor evened up the 

 teeth, and to-day the colt is as nice-looking a 

 horse as you could wish to see. 



It not infrequently happens that a tooth will 

 break off or break in half, by contact with some 

 hard substance, a stone in the hay, for example; 

 then the tooth opposite on the upper or lower 

 jaw, as the case may be, will grow too long, not 

 having any hard surface to wear against. 

 The result is that the grinders are unable to 

 come together evenly and nature, trying to rec- 

 tify the unevenness, will cause the grinders to 

 grow irregularly; in the end the horse will be 

 unable to masticate his food, and indigestion 

 follows. Dr. Wiswall, a well-known veterinary 



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