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AMERICAN FARMER'S HORSE BOOK 



At birth, or within two or three days afterward, the moutli 

 of the foal shows two grinders on each side, above and below — 

 eight altogether — and this is all. When four front teeth, or 

 nippers, have fairly come through, two in each jaw, he is ten 



UPPER NIPPEB8 AND TUSHES AT FIVE YEABS OLD. 



1 1, Central nippers, with mark still unobliterated. 



2 2, Next nippers, with mark still plainer. 



3 3, Corner nippers, with the edges very slightly worn. 



4 4, Tushes, well-developed, and still plainly showing the groove on the out- 



side. 



or twelve days old; and when the next four appear, one 

 upon each side of the others in both jaws, he is nearing the 

 close of his first month. The protrusion of the corner teeth — 

 that is, the third pair of nippers in each jaw — indicates an 



