Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-01-03

State Fairs, to be discussed at this Con- |
the subject of railroads and |
their extortious or disregard of State |
laws, will doubtless be prominent top
ie. If the farmers of the State under
stood this mattor as they should there
would be a still more general organiza-
ton of Oranges throughout the State
Those who receive copy of the Ohio
Agricultural Report for 1872 just dis
tributed, should read the remarks on
this subject by Senator Hart and others,
at the Convention last year
ONO AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
Our thanks are due to Secre tary Kip
part for several copies of his Report for
1872 From crusory glance over its
contents, and reading several of the es-
says, etc., we are convinced that it is
volume that will prove of much interest
and value TO the farmers of the State,
and reflect honor on the State Board
and its able Secretary. We shall make
some extracts from the work for our
readers before long, and in the mean
time we advise all to peruse it who can.
The remarks OH railroads and their dis
regard of the Jaws of the State, made by
MI. Millikin and Senator Hart at the
Convention in Columbus a year ago,
will help on the formation of Oranges
| in Ohio. This contest with nlonopolies
| is by no means confined to the more
| western States, as some have supposed.
SHEEP KILLED BY DOGS.
A large number of valuable sheep
have been killed by dogs in this county
within the past month. Messrs. C. C.
Jennings and Fl. III. Hine are among
those who have lost heavily by these
raids, and as they found no redress or
satisfaction from the discovery of the
evil ours or their owners. of course there
| is a good deal of talk, as usual about Pc
ltitioning for better protection by law.
That it is time something was done effec-
tualiy in this way is evident from the
following statistics taken from the asses
sors returns:
Number of sheep killed by dogs in 1872 94. l62, 90
Namber =, Of sps sheep injured by dogs
Estimated amount OF injury :$45 ,0o
Aggregate injury to sheep by dogs. sl6o slz q
Number of dogs in the State. e..----..---. .40d
The figures have varied but little for
the past three or four years. In 1870
the number of sheep killed was trifie
larger than in ~, bn5 the value not
quite as great. In N the number was
less but the value greater.
/ Various laws have been passed, max
/ ing the owners of dogs liable for dam
age, allowing stray dogs to be killed.
etc., but these laws do not accomplish
much good, especially in the matter OF
reducing the number of dogs. A tax Of
one or two dollars each seems to be the
thing needed, and part of the funds
I thus raised to be used for compensating
the owners of sheep for damages sus-
tanned whan it cannot be collected of the
owners of the dogs. But it has
been found that such law would be.un-
constitutional in this State, as our pres
Eent constitution says all property shall
be taxed according to its true ualae, and
thence a tax of even 25 cents on a dog
would be pronounced out of proportion
to its true value.
The way to accomplish the object now
is for the farmers to send in petitions to
the Constitutional Convention asking
that clause may be inserted in the new
Constitution allowing a special tax to
be imposed on dogs, for the protection OF
sheep.