The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-05
JUNE, NE, 1889


4 #ss 4gS&55S@s4 BEWARE OF OOGSs
| We copy the following on the wasteful.
1 ness Of the canine indulgence:
The assertion OF q farmer that his dog
keeping costs him nothing will not bear
examination. Farmers who bun little, vet
live well, do not know what their living
really costs. Their surplus products find
ready market; everything they eat rep
resents the price for which It might be sold;
not the city price, but the home value
ficient to keep pack Of dogs or even 4 sin
gle dog they will not eat vegetableA ex.
cept, perhaps, potatoes saturated with
grease, to prevent starvation; and meat ID
now an expensive commodity. Besides,
this waste, Of whatever kind, II all availa-
bic and valuable for pigs: Of 50 much
that of dog, that comparison Is scarcely
fair; yet 8. Edwards Todd, q well known
agricultural writer in New York, has esti-
mated the cost to the farmer of keeping y
dog one year as equivalent to the cost of
giving the weight of one hundred pounds
to pig. At present prices Of pork, such
pig would be worth $10 ut least. -
/, Then, In view Of the price paid for board
bers Of them In cities, their exclusiue con-
sumption Of meat, and even OF conpari-
son with the value Of ''waste" fed to ho0s.
let the estimate Of twenty five cents Der
week be reduced nearly twenty-five per
cent, and let dog rations be comMutsd 1t
less than cent per meal. and call the gen.
eral average throughout the land 1iO Der
year; then the keeping Of three millions Of
dogs Of the loyal States would be @SOOQO.-
GOO. '43' ht %2ss'4 4 f@l Wv ~
The loss Of sheep by dogs may be closely
appropriated. For series of years. il
Ohio. the average of ascertained damages
was $llI, ,54S PEI year when sheep werc verv
low in price. In 1868 the ascertairied los
WaS VA, ,656. The SecfetAry O9 the New
York State Agricultural Society estimates
worth 4l75, 900. This il 4 iarrrr iIIs, : ~,
than that of Ohio with less number Of
sheep. Higher proportional estimates than
tnat OF Ohio have also been madefor Maine.
These are eastern States; the western
are still more exposed to the ravaess Of
dogs. Then it y amoderate assumpticn to
take Ohio as basis for the country. Al
Ohio had 4, ~, - sheep u 1862, the loyal
States 5000, 600 In round numbers, The
q similar calculafio,a upor fhe basiS az 2s
asa injured il Ohio, would ikuw fofai nf
1929 naimed. At the present t,ricea Of
sheep. an avkr41e for 'fhe entire cnnnfrv
cannot reasonsbiv be placed nj lesa fhan x
which would itihake the total less ii kilie3
4l.l45. $40. The 3auaaRe 10 the - nnainder
his eentrallv averaoed II Ohio. I ahont
1nT0E9. n " n
This would make the tOfal lose Of sheen In.
iured e429 657 !: total loes a killed q M n.
fured. a. 575. l67. No addition, is made for
The iY,crrase nf shaay, sirra Iaen ct ie.st
Sd. O0O. QUO. insfeai 81 81 nm nm ;, ,.t ,th~
growing watchfulness az fheir I'M rcsfs and
the increasinr resfraint nnon ,,nrs 10 siloC.
a "a rsnnterRa lance 81 ck ;rrrnssa
ont. stands AZ follows: "
Keepjnr 3. coo OOO dogs A3D ono 0o0
Sheen Filled mf7yF a Elg. g IN 1'Ilk' 's10
Sheer, iuinred i1af r5H.lG. a TOO 0s7
T0 1sslT' "'.,'s, l.' -
z soas IS rwa sa9 kut "a, 57s l67
It Is not considered nnreasonabie to
make nearly as large an estimate for cost
Of itieation occasionsd. for cattIe bittsn. .
hogs worried. fowls Killed. erus Evan
gardens injured and other losses. IA for
damages done to she4p and Il nav ~ q
much larger item. !, The entire cost 81 dor
TO the loval States NAV safslv lie nut down
at S333. .OO5, 600. - - -,
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SPEECH BY GEN. SfcKLEs.--Last Satur-
day Major-General Sickles was compli-
mented by his trends in Philadelphia, and
from his speech on that occasion We take
the following extract: + sa1
My faith Is as yet unshaken in the beO-
pie. know it is astonishing to eeea thou-
sands Of men IN Pennsylvania, Ohio and
xuylIUu0 0II0y Su 6Ak0IBISt Wu0L We * now UU
be right. and il il calculated to discourage
md vroAk0 ON tho con r dx.mco f,f shA sfr;hs,S~
81 free insfitntionsI How is Il nniSihie
that so MANY can be fDf subnissioifl vhen
resistance Is q duty which God hss im-
planted in our nature I? It is auoasine q
find men craven and wretchef1 eIaouels to
propose submission To our insolent f0ee.
ana more afnaziISC still. to 1ind Them frv.
inR 70 do this N the name of th0 D4mo-
cratic party. WhenI meet nv old com
rades Of that party + am unable % discover
any truth We ever cherished that I do. not
cherish to-day, and, for one. 4 am certain
that If Jackson, Douglas and JEFFERSON.
and such men, vino have led the Democra-
cy, were with us TODAY. eyerv one of them
would denounCe the Chicago platform.
and every one would maintain the Union
platform, which our friend and host ID, now
with 30 much courage. You
may fancy that 1t requires some pltack 20
look shell and bullets in the face on the !.
battlefield. You cal, Get used to tbesn.-
But il requires greater courage for a man
who has been many years closely inden-
titled with a uolS,ical orua anizaticn TO cut
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