The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-01-18
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Dogs.

EDS. PRAIRIE FARMER In your issue OF
Dec. 18th, was an article on the late agrlcul-
tural report for 1853, in which you gave ISL
Of some Of the items contained IN II among
them dogs and dog laws" Well would Il
be ifeverv one could read this article; as
but few can | thought il would not be use
less 10 note q few items from II Tor your
n 3 estimated that Ohio has 500. 900 dogs,
one 20 every inhabitants. Massachusetts
100. 900: one 10 every y inhabitants. - 20
every square mile. Rhode Island, 6,si5; a
proportion equal 10 Massachusetts,. From
statistics u is estimated that the loyal states
keep not less than 100000 dogs. The
cost Of keeping these. al $40 each per year
and the actual cost is more than d0u r.
IL $50, 900. 900.
For a series Of years the average damage
Of sheep killed i'm Ohio was Sill, DIS. IN 1868
Il was Sl44. CSC. Il j. estimated that the
loss in New York in 1852 was %, 1000 sheep
worth Sl7j. 900. The estimated number OF
sheep in the loyal states Is q, coo, 600. Ia
king The sheep killed in Ohio as an average,
the number Of dogslaughtered sheep IN these
States IS 229, lO2; and 49, maimed.-
Total loss Of sheep killed and manned by
dogs. 1915. l67. TIE total cost OF dogs r.
the loyal states is put - S33 600, 600. Ia
doubtedly, this is far below the actual. r.
This would b.y l5J 900 farms al govern
ment price; would support lGj, 900 farmers
daughters ~ boarding school, OF puTcna-'
1872 900 Libraries Of 200 vols. each.
U0gs disc01lroge sheep huStendry. Many
cases are given. Hon. J. b. GrinEell o.
Iowa, SAYS he has frequently lost Sl0e
worth Of sheep BIZ dogs in q single night
John Scott, VI story Co., Iowa. had lie
sheep killed by gang Of Or dogs in one
night These were estimated by those who
saw and knew their worth, at s., eaC.
1929.
A mad dog in New Jersy, bit ard caused
the death OF 81 600. worth Of cattle, exclI-
sive Of sheep. Mulutudes Of cases might
be given besides.
The following States have enacted log
laws. Maine, New Hampshire, VermOII
Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New JERSEY, Pennsylvania. Del
aware, Maryland, OHIO Indiana, Michigan.
Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa. Missouri aud
Tennessee.
Why should Illinois be ieil out az tie list:
Would no. a stringent dog law, Ike Mas e.
chuse IS nc Of as much benefit here o. the ID.
Her law taxes dogs from 81, 10 -, eac ;
owners are made responsible. under heavy
penalty, for rh,'r registry and taxation;
sesOrs must make accurate lists, and eva
siOns OF this Is CAVITY IuCd; refusal or
neglect OF officers ID 81 ne the ilw, ll Ir-
q penalty Of 500. sd lAt1xed dogs are
killed withO4. mere and district attorneys
are required to prosecute officers whO IL e
lect 70 destroy them.
1t 1852 purchased in Vermont. OF jew
EFT, Morse & Bingham, thirty-twO sheep
which cost me S3, 900, delivered on 10y
place. / have succeeded very we'll with
them, having now on hand two hundred
and twenty and have sold over three h-n-
dred bucks in the last ten years. But N
the meantime, after standing guard over
them almost day and night, with the help
Of my faithful shepherd dogs, | have lost
over II, 500 worth by the miserable ours
that 90 and come when they please.
A few years ago had an eve killed by a
dog, the eve cost me in Vermont 500.
went 10 the owner Of the dog and polite
~ asked him TO compensate me for what
his dog had done. He very gently told NE
10 60 TO HI, and l. take my sheep with
me- This is the kind OF treatment | have
received nine times out Of ten in the last
twelve years. have never received bnt
IS on all the sheep lost By dogs.
Now propose that if people will keep
sheep-kiliing dogs, that they pay for the
mutton they eat, by paying - tax on every
dog they own, and let this tax be kept by
itself 10 pay for the sheep killed in the town
ship in which the parties may reside.
A. EMORY.