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mouth during mastication. The animal which requires four feeds and a 
half daily to support the condition another maintains upon four feeds, 
must be the more expensive retainer of the two. 
Moreover, it is a virtue in a horse to thoroughly clear 
out the manger; a healthy animal not only licks out 
corners to catch stray grains, but hunts among the 
straw for any corns that may have fallen. This duty 
the parrot-mouth disables a horse from performing ; 
the good feeder alone is equal to the work. COPIED FROM THE AU- 
S = es 5 THORS WORK, ENG 
Besides, a rider is always pleased, when sauntering TITLED “THE HORSES 
a e MOUTH,” PUBLISHED 
down the green lanes during the spring of the year, BY MESSRS. FORES, 
to see the horse’s neck stretched out to catch a twig maneee 
of the shooting hedge; this can do no harm; but it is hard alike upon 
horse and man to always have a tight hold of the rein when the fresh 
scent of the budding thorn tempts the mouth to its enjoyment. And 
yet, in the majority of instances, it would be cruelty to yield and 
permit the parrot-mouth to bite; the under teeth very often rest 
against the palate. No more need be said to caution owners pos- 
sessed of an animal thus afflicted, against a natural indulgence. The 
parrot-jaw is a deformity for the perpetuation of which man is respon- 
sible; dispositions and formations are hereditary. Would the owners 
of stock only exercise some judgment in their selections, this misfortune 
might speedily be eradicated. 
LAMPAS. 
The horse’s lot is, indeed, a hard one; it is not only chastised by the 
master, but it also has to submit to the fancies of the groom. ‘“Lam- 
pas” is an imaginary disease, but it is a 
vast favorite among stable attendants. 
Whenever an animal is ‘‘off its feed,” the 
servant looks into the mouth, and to his 
own conviction discovers the, “‘lampas.” That affection is supposed to 
consist of inflammation, which enlarges the bars of the palate and forces 
them to the level of or a little below the biting edges of the upper 
incisor teeth. 
Would the groom take the trouble to examine the mouths of other 
young horses which “eat all before them,” the “lampas” would be 
ascertained to be a natural development; but the ignorant always act 
upon faith, and never proceed on inquiry. Young horses alone are sup- 
posed to be subject to ‘“lampas;” young horses have not finished 
teething till the fifth year. Horses are “broken” during colthood; 
they are always placed in stables and forced to masticate dry, artificial 
THE LAMPAS IRON. 
