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Show HOW TO TELL THE AGE OF SHEEP Farm and Fireside says that buying ft mature sheep Is a good deal of a gam- 'I ble to the Inexperienced would-be V flock owner. "An old sheep may look V well but only last for a year or two of profitable service. After a sheep is J over four years old the teeth do not V ? show much change except where they j W. drop out as old age draws near. I! Kj. Briefly stated, a sheep with one pair Isl of permanent teeth is a yearling; two f, pairs, a two-year-old; three three pairs, j' j a throe-year-old; and four pairs, a J; a four-year-old." I n ion |