TELLING THE AGE OF COWS.
TFIE TEETH AND HOEX EIXGS. Replying to a.query as to how to tell (he ago of coirs, "Hoard's Dairyman" says:—The teeth of an animal form a very fair index as to whether the animal is too old to riiake the best itso of its iced. When the front teeth narrow up so that there is more or less space be r .'tween them, the probabilities arc that, the animal has at least passed its prime. It is a pretty safe rulo to count the rings on the horns of an animal, if present, and add two to the number to ascertain the age of the animal.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1333, 10 January 1912, Page 8
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111TELLING THE AGE OF COWS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1333, 10 January 1912, Page 8
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