Dentition As Indicative Of The Age Of The Animals Of The Farm From The Journ Roy Agric Soc Of England PDF Download

Excerpt from Dentition: As Indicative of the Age of the Animals of the Farm It did not at first occur to the writer to question the truth of the assumption that the improvement of the various breeds Of farm stock by selection and high feeding sufficiently accounted for the early appearance of the teeth but now, after a further period of forty years has elapsed, i.e. From 1850 to 1895, without any marked change in the development of the teeth - although breeders have been during the whole period steadily devoting their knowledge and energies to the cultivation of the various breeds of cattle, Sheep, and swine - it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the original version of the development of the teeth was based on imperfect observation. With some exhibitors, the number Of whom it may be observed grows less year by year, it is a favourite contention that the system Of forcing animals by high feeding on prepared food facilitates the cutting of the teeth. Physiology affords no ground for the assertion, and experience proves that it is incor rect. The use of prepared food lessens the wear of the mastica ting organs, and rather tends to retard than accelerate their development. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.