Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-11-06
| |Thsy desire that he may remain with
them, but hc will doubtless 70 with his
company. He is a fine, stalwart youth,
aud will make good soldier.
Prom the Nashville Banner.
Preservation Of Sheep from Dogs.

Preservation Of Sheep from Dogs. /
Much is said about the necessity of
killing dogs, in order to raise sheep. | sec
the Legislature is similarly impressed:
Tie writer Of this well remembers when
boy, that his father, (residing in Ken
tucky,) never had any sheep killed by
dogs, although his flock was much the
largcst.of any in the neighborhood. On
one occasion, well remember, when
there was over fifty sheep killed one night,
immediately around in the neighborhood,
and that five or six neighbors that had lost
sheep the night previous, came to my
fathers to learn his losses, hut their
astonishment WAS great to learn he had
lost no sheep. They then sagely con.
cluded, that it was his dogs that had
deprecated ON their flocks. Accordingly
all his dogs, some eight or ten, were
called up and their mouths rigidly ex-
alnined; to find blood or wool as evidence
of their guilt-but none could be found
and their ustonishment was still greater.
Ny father told them he could easily
satisfy them, they would never have
sheep killed by dog or wolff they would
do with their hocks as he did with his.
Their wonder was Increased whel he
told them, all they had to do Was to let
their sheeprun with their cattle constantly
and they would never have sheep killed
by dog or wolf To show them -the
proof of his correctness, he invited them
to walk with him to the pasture were his
sheep and cattle were feeding, taken
along all the dogs. When they reached
the pasture, my father requested the
} gentleman to set the dogs Oh the sheep
or cattle This was done. The sheep
Immediately sought protection by running
to, under and behind the cattle, while
the latter made ali immediate attack on
the dogs, and in less than five minutes
every dogs VAS run out Of the pasture.
One Of the gentlemen asked the privilege
of bringing his dogs, thinking my father :
dogs had been trained to run from the
) cattle. This request was readily granted,
J and all the gentleman met again next
morning, when some four dogs were
) set on the sheep with the same result, viz !:
The dogs were driven out of the pasture
in even less time. This satisfied the gen.
tlemen and there were no more sheep
killed in that neig ghborhoud.
About twenty years after, the writer
) of this fell heir to some thousand head of
sheep The neishborhnod to which he
removed then was greatly afflicted with
what were called sheep-kil!iug dogs and
: remembering his fathers custom, | kept
my sheep and cattle together, still resi-
ding in Kentucky. One morong six
or eight Of his neighLors called in, that
had lost some eighty sheep the night be-
fore. Learning had lost none ont Of my
flock, they were unanimous in The belief
thatlny dogs had done the mischief The
dogs were all called up and critically eX-
> aniined for proof of their sheep.killing
proclivitics, but without the least success.
As they had two or three dogs of their
own with them, ! told them, that if they
, would walk with me to my sheep, would
learn them how to preserve sheep from
being killed by dogs. They did so, and
on reaching the pasture of some 200 acres,
| desired the gentleman to set their dogs
on M sheppard to dotheir bessn doing so.
The effort was most earnestly made, but
it was not five minutes before every dog
was driven over the fence out of the pas
tnre,-the sheep run outdirectly to the cat.
tie for protection and the cattle assunded
the most beligerent attitude towards the
dogs, and cleared the pasture in no time
of them. Nomore sheep killed in that re-
, gion.
Now, MIR. Editor, any gentleman can
, prove this BY q trial-it may take short
time for the sheep and cattle to assirnu,
late together, but that it is certain, is be.
yond qucst;Ga--thcreforc don't kill any
f more dogs on account of mans ignorance.
Let every newspaper print this.
B. Fl. P.