The union Democrat., 1870-03-19
Ane.her An.wer 70 aFarmer.,


thor must have been farmer. the author
might have been boot-black, and was think
ing of blacking boots or he might have been
n farmer. and was thinking of good farming.
Now it is not necessary to have a good fence
to be a good fermer; nor is it necessary to
have fence at all. The only reason fences
are made is because the Legislature has pass
ed laws forcing farmers to protect their own
labor. lie says that mo man would think
of planting vineyard without putting a
fence around it. and poor fence Is worse
than none.n What makes him put a fence
around his vineyard, is it to make the vines
grow? No! they will grow as we'll without
fence. lie plants an orchard, vineyard, or
an acre of cabbage; sows a thousand acres
Of wheat, or puts in any other product of
the farm, will n fence make them grow any
better, suppose it was of gold? No! then why
does farmer fence his orchard, vineyard,
wheat field or cabbage patch, is it because Lis
trees, vines. wheat or cabbage, will trespass
en- his neighbor? No! for they will remain
where planted or sown. Then why does he
fence? he says to keep the cattle out. Now
if cattle did not run at large there would be
no need of fences, he says he does not know
'of one farmer that keeps cows that does not
turn them out to get their liring. l do not
know of one good farmer in my neisborhood
that does turn them out to get their Hring,
and those that do. would not do so if others
did not (who are not farmers), and they have
signed our petition. No good farmers ,cU
turn their cows out to get their liring unless
it is in their own inclosure, for they know
that it would take more time 10 run after
them than it would take to plow, SOW and
gather more hay and grain than would feed
them through the year and then they wonld
have more than double the quantity of milk
and butter. What on earth can COW get on
the hill sides during eight or nine months in
the year to make milk and butter of. There
is not spear of grass growing outside of cul-
tivation and irrigation, she can get nothing
but dry weeds, brush or sand, unless she robs
some poor farmer that is not able to make
lawful fence. But suppose he has no right
TO farm, unless he can make a lawful fence to
protect his labor against his neighbor's four
legged robbers. There are some men that
turn their cattle out, knowing their poor
neighbours fence is net lawful but he is in
dustrious and has fine crop growing, their
cattle break in and destroy adj his crop and
labor. He goes to his neghbor and COM
plains, and wants damage, they say, oh! we
are very sorry, we cannot help it, your fence
is not lawful. And when their backs are
turned they rejoice from the roots of their
hair to the bottom of their feet, that their
animals have filed their bellies on their
neighbours crop, and will say he ought to
protect his crop and perhaps the crop de-
stroyed, was all the poor man had to procure
bread for his wife ard children. There is no
fiction about this. Now we will suppose that
man was to 90 into the ranch of the writer
of that article, and was stealing some Of the
products of the ranch, and he was to catch
him in the act he might warn him away. it
is no use to prosecute hiEi, for the law says
he can not steal real estate, and he gets off.
Well he comes back and he catches him in
the act again ten chances to one he takes
his shot gun and shoots him, and may be
kills him. he is taken to court, has his trial
and is acquitted the jury will say, served him
right. Now which is the worst crime, to kill
an animal or to kill man? Which is tie
most detestable2 What is the difference
whether farmers crop is stolen by a two
legged or fourlegsed robber? He may say
the man knows he is doing wrons. The an
imal knows il is doing wrong too. As soon
as it sees you coming towards it, it will make
for the place it got in, and at no other place
will it attempt to get out, which shows that
It knows it is doing wrong. The owner
knows it is doing wrong and think he is
both morally and lawfully bound for the tres
pass of his animals. The farmer must rob
his wife and children of the necessaries of
life to protect his labor from being stolen by
some man's animal; and perhaps the owner
county than Chinaman. lie wants to get
all he can and leave. and great many of
tthem pay no taxes on their animals. know
a man that has had q COW for the last nine
or ten years and has paid two years taxes or
1t. And the owner of that COW will make
the farmers in his neighhorhood spend more
money every year than his cow is worth, ten
times over, to repair their fences that his
cow may run at large. But the farmer must
protect his labor against thieves. two-legged
and tour-legged, he can get no redress from
the one nor the other.
NOW what other industry has to protect its
labor against destruction =? None that know
- out the farmers. The Legislature protects
sail either industries, ir man follows busi-
ness that is dangerous to his neichbors the
Legislature make laws to compel that man to
use necessary nrecaution to prevent his occu-
patton from iniuring them. and makes him
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