The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-09
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fAn!exchange says: "a neighbor OF
ours set one hundred and fifty1trees
eighteen years ago, on good sandy
loamI land, and has tended them well.
TheyHare thrifty handsome trees, but
he has.nOt obtained fruit enough from
them to supply a, family of ten persons.
We set as many trees Rt the same time,
on laisgranite osoil, have tended them
we'll handicapped the land heavily
every year, and have gatherediWohun-
dreda barrels ina season. Why the diff
teHene9Hn WhoJ,ican itells 0ne1 is a
granite soil The other q rich, sandy
loans s0ur's is on high land, the neigh
bor's i5 on aleVsl between hills and low
Iands.'Ht jiEiT - uji agislu .yaq9 sEl
- :iiaEGRLf '6ooDRlcH POTATO. l;osgs
"a 'eortespon1ent OF the c0gNtry Cen
Hea.GR writes. of his success with the
"Early Goodrich" potato.a q He says: :
~ bought a peek OF seed last spring, of
the same. variety, and planted, from
which, aised twenty-eigh ght bushels Of
very tne, Potatoes. The seed was cut
into single eyes, and planted two pieces
IN hill. -Four hills, and in some cases
three hills, will yield half bpshel. ~ I
consldesE them q very valuable early
F41ltS44t to.naGaio7lgas: ulfg. asnt!5 =-fitr7,
sRVESTYl AIILILoN. DOLLARS FOR DOGS.
The 4g'Iellttv-ist says: 1--WE have
received several Communications IL, re-
ply to our .corFsspo article on a
dogdlaW5 signed tConnecticut,' in our
March issue, some wise and some otKef-l
wise. a 1t seeing to us that q, 81. Ptlin
in his word for dogs admits ali that
'S@9nneetiG1r @ claims, and that they. are
snbstan ntia1 81 agreed. Tt is really dis
creditahleI y he says, that almost the
only dogs In the country which are
treated with any care are lap dogs, the
most useless, and bulldogs, the, least
sagacious. The natural fruit of such
egleft is 2 race of nondescripts of all
kinds, deter rilorated in body and brain,
It is because. OF this -nondescript
character; ofegoUr dog ,popuIationi
that 'Connecttepf and ali friends Of
sheep want efficient dog laws in ALI
our a states, In Ninety-ninef out OF
every hundred Of our dogs are worth
less ours, which need cleaning out as
much as the old Canaanites did to make
way for something civilized, that can
Keep company with our DOMESTIC ami.
mails. The destruction occasioned
among sheep by, these animals is i.ap-
allipg, and only needs, to be better
kfnoWR to secure the requisite 1egisla-
nqp, The Department OF Agriculture
has, made beginning OF gathering
statistics upon this subject. In S73
counties reported there, was an esti-
mated loss Of ,s54 sheep killed, be-
sides many others Injured. Some
counties suffered to the extent Of 1000
Or 5000, and the average number per
county were 20S. n 81 iGIl AfHlIsl 4i1T
i9Fron this. the number killed inlthe
whole country is estimated at 500 600.
worth al LEASE 8, 900, 600, while the in,
iuTyito' those not killed is another mil |
lioni making a loss to tie country iof |
three millions of dollars, as the direct |
result of dogs killing sheep. But3this 4
stohly q small part of the ijeouniarvl
damage inflicted upon us by these
Wretched ours In itnany districts ad!
adapted to sheep; farmers dare
not embark In the business for fear of
he dogs. In the counties where three
.housand sheep are annually slain by
he dogs, we think this kind. of hus.I
Oandry cannot pay very we'll. The
counties where few are slain, I'VE APP
are the ones where The dogs
nave made sheep phusbandryu
)le!' The pastures are desolate.I antI
growing up to brush for want of CROP
ling. Millions of dollars are lost tothe
country every y eaFfrOm this cause, andi
We have, as q consequence, to pay dear
or wool and mutton. IN IN 1Gtrlffi1
'Then we have to add to this the
tax Of supporting our dog
population. We have no reliable statis-
les on this subject, but estimate one
log TO q family, say seven millions in.
he whole contrF. Some families have
lone, but others have six, a dog to, each
;hild, and glory In them The food
hat an average cur WIN 'devour would
leep, a, pig, and Is worth at least ten
lollSFsn year. People who are paying
evenly millions of dollars a year lfof
he sppp port Of Gu fs, to say nothing or
lamages, ought TO make Inquiries
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