Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-07
VOL. X.XXIY,. 81 q

ship of single families. Possibly seven
l millions may be too large. Ohio, with hall
a million families. is supposed by many to
have half q million dogs, although little
more than one third of that number are
! found on the assessors books. 1t may be
assumed, in view of all the data obtained
las low estimate, that there are five mil
lions of dogs in the United States, and thai
their subsistence involves an expenditure
! of fifty millions of dollars. c.,sg- \ ,ssi6r
| = The following extracts from correspon-
dence will further illustrate these views o.
asubject which has become of national i'm
PeFtanee, and should secure the prompt
action of Congress in favor Of uniform
tax, in all the States and Territories say
OF two or three dollars on each dog without
regard TO breed. sex, or use:
| A correspondent in. Sullivan, Illinois
writes .sYour suggestion as to taxing
dogs hope will e-carried out by Con
Rress. Two years ago i lost valuable
ram, that obtained from Vermont at con-
teiderable cost and trouble, by a thieYipg
sheep killing dog. 1t is q poor eOlace tC
have the privilege of killing q dog alter he
has destroyed your property. ! have writ.
ten to Senator Trumbull on this matter
and suggested q tax as follows Dogs unal.
tered So; dogs altered 81. siuts So. A
l general tax OF this kind will greatly lessen
the Number of worthless dogs Ia the
fnn,it1ffv y Flsf-s ~ fsif 81 sisEi 3fss3-sa %
Somerville, Tenn.- Sheep have decreased
fully oue-half since last February having
been sold off for market and killed by dogs
negro, now that he is free, must own two
or three. dogs. / can safely assert that one
half are killed by dogs and the other hall
eaten up. .oa5Fq faHi ziga TioatE& b ssisz
Wayne county. N eC.-The United States
forces, while in occupation of this county
Al, a
and as q consequence sheep have suffered
but little from their depred dations. This
State did have a tax upon dogs, but it ap-
ipeaFs to have become dead letter. @1sk
Baltimore county, Md.-It is difficult tC
lansWertwith accuracy the question as tc
the number of sheep killed by dogs. The
county is large, and know the loss is con
siderable, Admitting a loss of only twenty
| In each election district, would amount t(
two hundred and sixty for the county we
loften hear Of one or two farmers losihl
this number (twenty } in one night, and
am quite sure my estimate is not too high
Besufort. N. CT am truly glad to SCI
that the subject of dogs has at last beer
taken up, as they are undoubtedly thu
I greatest nuisance in our land Sheep rails
/ ing here would be profitable were it not fol
the ravages of the dogs. But as it is. meI
who are not able to buy their families bread
as q general thing, keep from two to fou
worthless dogs which at night flock to-
gether and attack hogs, calves or sheep.
have known as high as forty head of sheel
! TO be killed by dogs in one night. Why can
not dogs be declared anutsance, and taxeC
so high that the owner will be compelledtt
destroy them {? f~al-hio sHi seaef, 9leis II
Essex county, N. jim the above terri
/ tory, comprising about one-tenth of tht
county, and, the portion chiefly devoted Il
agriculture. there were formerly kept abou
LOCO sheep, but owing to the great losses b.
dogs the raising of them has been almos
4 Pontotoc county, Miss-The loss of sheer
/ by dogs is variouslg estimated from 500 K
1900, but an average of 800 j think abou
correct. There is one fact with regard Il
sheep-killing dogs worthy of mention;
fQll-blooded hound will not, kill a sheep
he may run after them. but will not xii
them, while the cur or cross-bred hount
/. Ratnam county, Missouris-I cheerful!
respond to your inquiry in relation to tn
ravages Of dogs, as 1t is subject of grea
importance to the farming community.
have taken no little pains to inform mysel
upon the subject, very few, if any, bein!
aware. of the enormous damage done b!
these animals through the country il
various ways. Il presume 100000 woult
not more than meet the bill for our Stat
within the past year for damage done Il
sheep and other stock, to say nothing abou
| thydrophobia and other damage they cause
I Farmers generally tell you that &c cost
iinothing to keep dog, but the truth is i
costs more to keep a dog than hog, tn
dog being flesh-eating animal, and fesl
he will get by fair OF foul means. u
Miami county,. 0hio-To answer you
question about killing sheep, i have sent fo
a report from the Auditor of the State, ant
find that during the year 1865 the numbe
of sheep killed by dogs in the county wa
452; wounded, 162. Value of sheep killed
$l,071; damage to wounded, 1852. Mum
qber Of dogs, 2138. Sheep killed ia, tn
lState, 81, SOB; wounded, 20, ,030. Total killed
aud wounded in the State, 81 ,733. Stock
fare increasing, and damage from dogs il
st. Francis, county, Missouri think i
safe to say that at least fifteen per cent. o
our sheep are destroyed by dogs, and unit
there be some law, devised TO reduce tn
fnumbef of dogs In our county, sheep rails
4 ing cannot be made profitable, nor will i
be followed to any great extent althoug
& thereis no branch of business better suite,
TO thisl locality sss ~ fzslza rsler ssos