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Show ' HORSE DENTISTRY. Beware of the Fakirs "Who Solicit Horse Dentistry Work. (Live Stock Journal.) At this time of the year i'. is common com-mon for a lot of fakirs to no around the country, stopping at each farm to solicit horse dentistry work. Many of these men are frauds who know nothing whatever what-ever regarding the teeth of horses, and do more harm than good wit htheir coarse blacksmith's rasps. They open the horse s mouth, point out the tushes and call them "wolf teeth." show that the animal ani-mal is afflicted with "lampers." a mythical myth-ical disease, talk glibly of mastication, irregularities, moon blindness, and what not. and prdceed. when engaged, to damage the grinding surface of the molars mo-lars by discriminate tiling and removal of the corrugations which are normal and necessary to proper mastication. Make it a rule to have dentistry done only when necessary and this Is indicated indicat-ed when a horse passes his oats whole, quids his hay. eats very slowly, stops and shakes his head when chewing, evinces pain when he drinks cold water, allows hay to fall from his mouth, slobbers slob-bers profusely when masticating oats or other whole grain, and shows by staring coat, hidebound skin and thriftless condition con-dition that he is not deriving the full benefit from good food. Employ for necessary work a man known in the communitya com-munitya quillied veterinarian of veterinary veterin-ary dentist whose work has demonstrated that he knows his business. Never allow al-low a blacksmith to tile a horse s teeth with a coarse hoof rTTl surfaces that shouM , r miss points th;,t shoui iVft sides cutting the totuuV !' painful manner. it Ts t- n1 itr, '-of '-of the upper molnr tc.PtKn 0,1W ! ;" that reuuire to b" m-.i !"n th' 7 years old and ovr r r,,!i'Wn in teeth need not h- L"r caps have sometime t,, u miii,"' rasp is to bo ni.t)li..,i ' , r,;n"'v cated as above, an. I t,,lt - hri .' are needed to ,-ut ,lw,, 'l f-w st;r causing the trouble !,.,; Vhi,r9 1 last molar f-th ,h J '',h""C make chewing ;,,.,;,., f"".1 hIr,,V are to be cut off wit'i "'T-iW'-tens. Large proio.-tin? cutting with open nmril expert at the hatnlie ' l'1'-"? found where- a toot, h n ; Th.v-' ' the corresponding ope ''' n ! ,: wear against, has gr.. I'"81 noir.l; the cavity, as t!lt. -a" :'1,wnK or J suspect a disease,! ..,,. t". -' horse has a dis,-hlL-e ' 'fh accompanied bv a Ji0"1 n n-,1 ment of the bone 0 t p '"t an'' "n eye. This requires r,;.,(';''' un.? moval of the tooth j.,.j.,,ln!n? ar.j ' tistry is detrimental r ltCr m,na ricial. " r than y |
