MAKKS OF AGE, AND ABUSES. 



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certain full particulars, if it be possible to do so, they leally 

 form a quite accurate mark of age, until the animal is some- 

 what past his prime. The anatomy and names of the three 

 kinds of teeth found in the horse's mouth have been given as 

 fully as the practical farmer and breeder will care about Know- 

 ing, in Chapters II and X. All that now remains to be done 



MOUTH OF THE COLT AT POCR AND A HALF YEARS. 



A, Anterior maxillary bone. 



1 1, Central nippers, considerably worn down. 



2 2, The next pair, fully developed, with their edges slightly worn. . 



3 3, Corner permanent nippers, in a state of growth, with the edges of the 



cavity sharp, and the mark very plain. 



4 4, The tushes showing themselves through the gums, but not full-grown. 



is to point out the peculiarities which generally characterize 

 the teeth at different periods of the horse's life, and by which 

 bis age may be determined with considerable exactness. 



