The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-12-09
THE DOG NUISANCE.

/ The value ut sheep killed by dogs in sth,
United States for 1866 is estimated by tn,
Commissioned OF Agriculture A. two mil.
lions Of dollars. The sub>istsnce of tbs
Whale number Of dogs in all the States II
estimated BY him 10 cost annually fifty
millions OF dollars.
These are startling fgures to an oyerlax
ed community. and should command the
attention ossthe Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue. Filiy,two millions per snnam
lost by dogs. 10 say nothing soi The lright-
tu deaths from hydrophobia whichth y
occasinnal We say last, FOE, with the
exception ola very few terriers. sheep,doss.
pGin,ers and hoands, they .uraishliltlle 10
the way of set.oif 10, the enormaus Charge
resnltlpg i:ou the aleprrdaliens and cons
sumption Of fooi. Not Eve ia arhandreJ
are Of any value. = The, efficiency Of the
watch dog surrendered oll,ttle avail against
professional butglals who usr chlarofor,o
o. slrychnlne when , regular job presen:s
itself. whnh they adinlmsler. even when a
door is interpose,l between the barglar and
the more respectable annual. WITT t
Eve hundred thousand sheep are snnu-
ally killed. anuuntlng in ,alse 10 tMa
mlllians of dollars. and The. numbsr anpu.
ally injaredis three handled iaossaud. d.
an estimated lass Of six hundred thousand
dollars, aud this wholly by dogs. af
The NEE statement ~ these AT 'undins
facts. and that fifty millions ~ tlnllats are
required 10. feed lhr Eve mlllio dogs with.
in the Limits Of the United States. would
seem ~ be sufiicien. q call upon Congress
which brings everything useful 70 man-
kind within The ,ertex OF tsxatinn. 10 At.
ind SOME immediate and eiIecIual re,ned,.
aud We submit that the time j. pos pro-
piuous Tor this effort when loneliness lsr
fnx-huntlns will READILY DC. yiclJr. 10 de.
mauds for iaod anI Tor thai Species ol
agiculluTr which will speedily enrich avsr
sotked fields. and furnish. IN the same
insirGmenialliy, a mesns Of glot ing oIr
own population. So lar lroa the more
ment being unpopa ~, il Mill be ha,l-d
win delight VI the great wool grawiag
States, and By slllhs Southern States whicl.
have the be.siit Of Rioan'ain ranges, aud
Also. b. The aeslern part ~.
our continent. whose Intsrest a. wooi- grss-
els will be promoted by the tax. " rae
Southern aud frontier States says H..
Coamissi ,nsrl shsw ssesIsr losses 10 pro-.
purtian to exleat IL iScks tbln more csnt-
raj Teglons. Tse relsan is plain---lhsre
are mac dogs under Lesser saieguarl..
IL many 81 these lacsliiies wosl- gsewiug
. attempted and abaRJnned far inr sole
reason ~ these uacheek sd rs,agcs." ~.
The dog i, accounted the irienri Of man
The 81. Bernard y noble aniaai. aud Ire
quenily saves human lie. and constitutes
m exceptions. bot The details If The rassges
Of the common dog, among sheep--lhe bet.
Ter irleGd Of men--proses lhi, 10 De ether
wise. The inslincts VI l.r sheep inf rm
them that the dog is natural ruemy. lie
Is 80 not merely Tor loud. bat inr msl,cious
mischief. as having once tasted bIond. he
will kill large ilncksa al a single RAID. 0ae
- the Consumer TO the tuhe Of over
hfty milIions u dollars pei annaln. The
other produces 10 The e1Isat Of uneeupl-
81 millions Gam az.
Raw. HEsay UARptE We are nained a,