Panguitch Progress | 1915-07-02 | Page 2 | Determine Age of Cattle

DETERMINE AGE OF CATTLE fairly accurate idea may be had by observing teeth time of appearance pe arance of incisors the calf when born has two pair of incisors the other two pair appear during the first month when a calf Is eighteen months old it loses th tb middle pair of milk incisors and grows a permanent pair the next pair one on each side Is replaced at twenty seven months ot of age the third pair at thirty six months the fourth or outside pair at forty five months the time of appearance of these incisors varies within rather narrow ow limits so that we are able to tell the age of young cattle fairly accurately the calf also has a temporary met act of molars which are later replaced with permanent ones but they are not considered in estimating the age of the animal