The Rural Voice, 1988-08, Page 41some may complain about his going
away so often. They do not realize
that he has worked might and main till
dark in the summer -time to finish the
harvest. What is the difference be-
tween playing overtime a little while
working overtime all the while? The
city boy can go every night, besides
enjoying the advantage of shorter
distance. This is one reason why the
boy sometimes leaves the farm.0
TO TELL THE AGE
To tell the age of any horse,
Inspect the lower jaw, of course:
The six front teeth the tale will tell,
And every doubt and fear dispel.
Two middle nippers you behold
Before the colt is two weeks old;
Before eight weeks two more will
come;
Eight months the corners cut the gum.
The outside grooves will disappear
From middle two in just one year;
In two years from the second pair,
In three corners, too, are bare.
At two the middle nippers drop;
At three the second pair can't stop;
When four years old the third pair goes;
At five a full new set he shows.
The deep black spots will pass from
view
At six years from the middle two;
The second pair at seven years,
At eight the spot each corner clears.
From middle nippers upper jaw
At nine the black spots will withdraw;
The second pair at ten are white;
Eleven finds the corners light.
As time goes on, the horsemen know,
The oval teeth three sided grow;
They longer get, project before
Till twenty, when we know no more.
— anonymous farmer, 1888
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