The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-25
Dogs 0ersas The PeOpIe.


3if the calculations made therein do not
2apply with equal force here.
There is one serious question that
Fought just now to come into prominence
ssamong our farmers, as it affects them
Every seriously and directly, while it af.
Elects all others indirectly. We refer to
y the determination of sheep 10 this couns
#trY by dogs. We have had much to say
heretofore on this subject, and are graft
fed to know that nine-tenths of our peoo
pie think just as we do on this SUBJECT.
Sheep have been almost completely ex
terminated IN this and other counties ad !
Joining, by dogs There is almost no
z wool raised in this county, and our peo.
s pie while large consumers of all wooden
5 fabrics, are paying ANNUALLY enormous
Esums to other sections for this article,
(which might be raised at home, not only
& in quantities sufficient for home con
4sumptiOn, but large quantities for export
8 Does any one think, that this is caused
g by our Inability to raise sheep2 We
s. answer that we have In Henry county,
at least fifty thousand acres of land WE'LL
sadapted to the purpose of grazing Sheep
that now yield nothing but sedge and
briars We have population of some~
. thing over twenty thousand people, all of
whom are consumers of wooden goods If
seach one of these twenty thousand peo-I
pile consume Annually ten dollars worth
3Of wcolen goods, (Which is low esti-i
mate then the whole CT our people con-
sumo annually 100000 worth of such
fabrics, Can any enc be astonishedI
that we remain.poOr,i and always money!
& less, when by a stOlid Indifference TO the
L a
is made for relief, but all are contentI
& to grumble and complain at the state of
things.
Here is little calculation for every
farmer and for every farmers wife. We,
can raise one sheep to every two peri
sons in a family. Well then twenty
thousand people would give ten thousand
Esheep. The average yield of wool of.
8commOn sheep is four pounds. Forty
zthousand pounds of WOO from ten thOu-i
ssand sheep which is worth on an averN'
Gage fifty cents per pound, which gives
us twenty thousand dollars worth of
wool We can manufacture this wool
at home and then it will be worth one;
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, all.
made at home. The profits of the in.
crease of sheepis fifty per cent, which at
q two dollars per head, is ten thousand
dollars more, making an aggregate of;
thirty thousand dollars, which is
3 lost to the people of this county everi
cry year by reason of the thousands,
of worthless dogs, that eat out our sub;
stance and curse the country But what
i of all this why just this. Your Legis-i
9 lature will meet in January. Now let.
all the farmers, ard every farmers wife
and son and daughter, sign a petition to-
! the Legislature to pass rigid dog law,
#wlth severe penalties, and tax the dogs
eout of existence Tax them so high that
&none but good doc will be spared, and
9when a dog commits a depreciation on
$sheep hold the owner responsible to the
fullest extent. Then if your representa-
3 tiVes are too cowardly to vote for such
3 laws put mark on them, and elect them
to stay at home for all time to come
4 Get up your petitions IN every neighbor-
hood.
8 We extract the following on the same
zsubject from Killebrew's Resources. of
3 Tennessee
q A dog law would add materially to
3 the prosperity of the farmer. Farmers
twill not run the risk of raising sheep as
Z long as there are so many prowling
= ours III Jll6 ACi1LC Owl Ou ny lFItSpOllSlBlC
q persons. There are about 25) 900 fans
4 lies in the State, and it will be no exag-
geration TO allow one dog to each family.
g What will support dog will raise a
hog every wear that will weigh 200
pounds, so that the people of the State
lose, by keeping this large army of dogs,
8 mot less than 100000 pounds of PORK,
I. Tor 81, 100000 annually
"a Rut fOSsaS do sfO0 horn Not
s less than 10000 sheep are killed annual
3 ly by these pests, worth, say two dollars
g each, which will be $4,000 Add to
8 this the discouragements to sheep~raiso
Cling. In all countries where sheep~rais>
ing is protected, and the climate suited
& to this branch of husbaudry, there should
3 be at least two sheep for each person.
= The population of Tennessee by the last
&census was ,258, 500 Multiply this by
1.-TWO, and the resulting number, 2. 5l7, O40,
should represent the number of sheep In
q the State. But the actual number Is
q S26, 1888. Deduct this from the number
3 that, in all probability, would be raised
@if proper protection were given, and the
g loss properly chargeable to the presence
Eof dogs, will be l,690,2l7 worth at least
q 50, 380,434
But we may go further still There
Eare innumerable streams now wasting
4 their strength against their rocky banks
i that might be harnessed and made to
:. work up tleir wool into valuable stuff,
Sif the supply of wool was regular and
q constant Ten million pounds of wool
3 could be grown every year in Tennessee
s without interfering in the least with her
other industries. Allow this to be worth
q forty cents per pound, or 81 100000, and
4 that manufacturing establishments cou Id
srealize fifteen per cent. clear profit,
(which, with the advantages here offered
would be exceedingly reasonable, and
#here we may enter loss of 5000, 600.
a Still further: There are in the State
sSnot fewer than 10000 women, and an
Eequal number of children, who can end
q no. profitable employment on the farm or
Gin our workshops. This labor is lost to
S the State, and this class of persons Is q
3 burden upon the communities in which
they reside. Take what they now cost
q from the profits Of productive industry,
Fand add to it the profits which they
would make the State by laboring In
= wooden mills, and the amount would n OF
8 fall short of $50 for each person, or 81
100000 annually.
3 Now let US sum up the actual and con-
sstructiye losses to the State from this
snegative protection to dogs, aud positive
2discouragement to sheep raising:
"a Loss for feeding dogs.........$2,5 SOC, 900
81 Sheep killed by dogs annually $4,000
g Value Of sheep that would be
raised but for dogs......... $3.50, 434
81 Profits of wool factories.. Goo QUO
Losses on Iabor................ 2,0O0,000
q Aggregating.................... 1910, 434
81 And this is what we pay for dogs an
snually. Let our legislators do what is
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