of ihe Animals of the Farm. 61 



darkening of their colour, and the growth of the tusks, will afford 

 some evidence which will assist the judgment ; but there are no 

 changes which can be refeiTed to as indicative of the exact age 

 of the pig after the lateral incisors and the sixth molars are fully 

 developed. 



In the course of the above remarks on the changes which 

 occur in the teeth of the pig at different ages, certain exceptions 

 to the rule of development have been mentioned ; they are not 

 numerous, nor very important in their bearings, and it is a 

 subject of common remark that the exceptions are nearly always 

 in favour of the exhibitor, being in the direction of retarded 

 rather than accelerated development. 



It may be useful to say a final word in reference to a common 

 mistake into which exhibitors, or rather their servants, frequently 

 fall, i.e. the error of believing that a little discrepancy between 

 the state of dentition and the certified age of an animal is not 

 of much consequence so long as the age does not exceed the 

 limit of the class in which the animal is entered. The teeth 

 are inspected with the view to ascertain if they agree with the 

 statement of the age in the certificate of entry, and not for the 

 purpose of insuring that the animal is within the age to which 

 the class is limited. 



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