THE OX AND THE DAIRY. 



absorption, worn by use, and separated from each other, 

 will extend to six ; and at the close of eighteen months the 



EIGHTEEN MONTHS. 



whole eight will appear as little worn rudiments. During 



these changes the ox experiences more and more difficulty in 



cropping his herbage, and from this cause, and the action 



going on connected with the formative process of the perma- 



i nent teeth, in their capsules or cells, the animal is subject to 



; many disorders, and is liable to become out of condition, 



I especially in pasture grounds where the herbage is not 



abundant and succulent. 



Still these rudiments of teeth remain for some months, 

 their decrease continuing, first, more especially in the two 

 central teeth ; till, at the commencement of the second year, 



TWO YEARS. 



