56 



Dentition as indicative of the A(je 



nine months would be a fair ground of disqualification. The- 

 drawings (Figs. 55 and 5G) show tlie state of the teeth at nine 

 months. 



A class for pigs not exceeding nine months of age at many- 

 Shows takes the place of the six-months' class, and therefore 

 iucludes pigs of various ages from two or three months to over 

 eight months. Disqualifications in this class generally affect 

 pigs which are really under nine months, in which the state of 

 the dentition indicates the age to be above that which is stated 

 in the certificate. If, for instance, a pig which is entered in 



Fig. 56. — Temporary Incisors and Ttisl'S of Pig at nine months. 



this class as five months and two weeks has the corner teeth 

 just cut, or one entered as six months and twenty-one days 

 shows evidence of the changing of the temporary tusks, in 

 thes3 cases no hesitation is felt in disqualifying the animals, 

 althDugh in both cases the animals are below the limit of age in 

 the class in which they are entered. 



One near old is the age when, according to received opinions, 

 the central permanent incisors are cut. It is, however, more 

 often seen that the temporary incisors are still in their places 

 in pigs which are just under the age of one year; and although 

 the permanent teeth, when cut, advance very rapidly, a pig 

 entered as not exceeding one year would be looked \\\ion with 



