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OBSERVATIONS ON THE AGE OF THE OX. 
Questions. 
Answers 
of the Director of the Royal 
Dairy at Pin. 
Answers 
of the Director of the Royal 
Dairy at Poussery. 
1st Question. 
Are there in the 
dairy (vacherie) over 
which you preside 
cows or bulls which 
have cut the whole 
of their permanent 
teeth prior to their 
fifth year? 
And how many? 
Ten animals of the dairy 
of Pin are in this case, 
viz. 
1. Morning Star, bull, 
born in England, 26th of 
Aug. 1842. 
2. Symmetry, cow, born 
in England, 28th Nov. 
1841. 
3. Fair Maid, cow, 
born in England, Nov. 
1841. 
4. Josephine, born at 
Pin, 3d Feb. 1842. 
5. Lucy, born at Pin, 
9th March, 1842. 
6. Magdelene, born at 
Pin, 14th April, 1842. 
7. Madam, born at Pin, 
27th June, 1842. 
8. Helen, born at Pin, 
13th July, 1842. 
9. Hero, born at Pin, 
23d July, 1842. 
10. Hecube, born at Pin, 
20th Aug. 1842. 
Ten animals of the dairy 
at Poussery are actually in 
this case; viz. 
1. Earl op Buchan, 
bull, bearing the registered 
No. 177. 
2. Suetonius, 
bull, 
numbered . . . 
178 
3. Thalie, cow . 
115 
4. Emerald . . 
109 
5. Adela . . . 
99 
6. Strawberry 
152 
7. Miss Scott 
100 
8. Hebe . ... 
105 
9. Clementine 
114 
10. Augustine 
101 
2d Question. 
Are there any There are seven; viz. The ten animals named 
which have cut all 1 . Adonis, English bull, above had all their teeth 
prior to the fourth 2. Huntress, cow, born prior to their fourth year, 
year? at Pin, 27th Oct. 1842. 
3. Mariette, born at 
Pin, 4th Dec. 1842. 
4. Mary Gold, born in 
England, Dec. 1842. 
5. Ceres, born at Pin, 
19th Jan. 1843. 
6. Thisbe, born at Pin, 
6th March, 1843. 
7. Tigress, born 10th 
March, 1843. 
3d Question. 
Are there any 
which have cut their 
teeth earlier? 
There are four ; viz. 
1. Flora, born at Pin, 
12th April, 1843. 
2. Clarisse, born at 
Pin, 15th June, 1843. 
The bull, Earl of Bu- 
chan, mentioned above, 
cut all his permanent teeth 
before he was three years 
old. 
