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Show RINGS TELL RAM'S AGE. Hornr Cease to Grow at Regular Seasons Sea-sons of the Year. fit When a ram's constitution has been ji undermined by tho rutting season, tho fc horns coaso to grow, nor do they bo-gin bo-gin again until the spring ot the year, when Its green vegetation brings nour- lshlng food, and this Is the causo of tho rings, which, therefore, indicate , tho numbor of winters old a sheep is. This was ray head man's thoory, and is, I believe, a correct one, for in tho -j smaller heads which I havo oxaminod j theso rings coincided with tho ago ot j the sheep, as told by tho teeth. Up -to flvo years tho ago of a shcop can always bo determined by tho teoth; ' a yearling has but two teeth, a two- ;j year-old four teoth, a threo-yoar-old six teeth and a four-year-old or over, ' eight teoth, or a full sot. Exchange. j |