Show DETERMINE AGE OF HORSES most accurate method Is by Ob observation servit of teeth whole story told in a nutshell to tell tho age of a horse says prof E ii potter of the oregon agricultural college notice his teeth hla his ribs flesh on his tall tail and the skin on A his bis cheeks checks in a young horse the skin on oil his cheeks is soft and elastic and flies back quickly while in an old one the skin is lifeless and goes back to place but slowly there isa wider more distant space apparent between the ribs of an old horse than of a young one and with age the flesh on the tall tail shrinks making the joints more distinct the most accurate method of judging is by the teeth the temporary teeth come first and then the permanent ones and their development to maturity change the shape on count account of wear coming of the cups and their ultimate wearing away with the change iu in angle of meeting from perpendicular to an acute angle in age are all the important indications of age tho the permanent teeth above and below come in at tho the same time but the cups above do not wear away until all those below are gone the changes begin at the center and continue at the rate of one pair a year at maturity five years a horse has everything all the permanent teeth and their cups this is the whole thing in a nutshell |