The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-08

troduced and bred pure in this country,
come in for good word, thus: "The
beautiful Devons are attracting more
notice at the fairs than they did ten
years ago. This breed was the founda-
ton of the old red stock of New Eng
land, and when the ruinous competition
of range cattle is no longer felt, the
business Will be conducted more under
standingly than it ever has been, and
there will be associated dairying at con-
venient centers, herds of the larger
breeds of cattle on few of the isolated
but fertile farms, and beyond these there
will be ranges of rough, scanty pasturage
where the Devon will produce more
beef than any other animal that has
been tried, and the steers will do the
farm work while they are growing"
Mr.. LEAvITT is sound on the dog
question. He says: Unless there is
some change in our dog, sheep and
game laws, the mountain pastures,
which ought to be covered with sheep,
must be abandoned, or used for other
stock, and what sheep are kept will be
in small Aocks near home. The skins
of Galloway cattle are said to be better
than those of the bisons for robes and
overcoats, and as they are hardy cattle
it might be well to try the experiment
with them on some of our mountain
pastures" -
On this infamous dog business, the
stalwart Connecticut Farmer keeps put
ting the record before the people, and
prints the following reports of murder
and manning for single week: " Zero
cious dogs have again bounced upon a
fine flock of sheep belonging to W. H.
Tabor of Quaker Hill, killing four and
frightfully mangling and soaring others.
- Fred A. Bidwell of Canton
Center has lost twentyfour out of a
flock of sheep by dogs. Those not killed
outright were badly mangled and will
probably have to be killed. The sheep
were valued at $3.50 or 5000.
Early Sunday morning of last week
Henry G. Hill of Bethlehem found a
dog from Waterbury, apparently rabid,
in his herd of registered Jersey cattle.
The dog had savagely bitten several
calves so that it was necessary to kill
two of them. He had also bitten a
number of cows. Two large dogs
entered Mr.. G. l. Aliens sheep pasture
at Terryville, on Monday morning of
last week, and in short time damaged
sheep to the value of at least 500.
One sheep was killed and several were
badly mutilated. The dogs were seen
by Mr.. Abram l. Kline, an employe of
Mr.. Allen. Mr.. Kline emptied two
barrels of shot. gun at them and killed
one dog, which, was apparently part
hound and part setter; color white
with large brown and black spots on its
body. The other dog was tracked to
Plainville, but not caught. Dogs
have again made their appearance
among the sheep. Abel Holbrook of
Great Hill, Seymour, had three sheep
and several lambs killed three days
SINCE"
WE like to see people tender-h hearted;
but the tender hearts which have ten
derness only for prowling, murderous
dogs, when such get small fraction of
their deserts, and can't squeeze out a
drop of water from their one-sided eyes
for dozens of innocent and wealth
producing sheep, harried, torn and
slain by their vulpine pets, need recon
struction quite as much as our old-time
rebels.
THE National Butter and Cheese.
makers Association is after the oleo
makers and dealers in good earnest
Secretary Burrage has issued a circular
which is of great importance. Read it
and then sit right down and write as he
advises "Votes tell. You are the
people. Demand of your representa-
tives in congress and the senate of the
United States the immediate passage o.
the Hatch bill, or a similar one in your
interest. The great dairying interests
of this country are in deadly peril. You
are paying an enormous tax on every
cow you own to the already immensely
wealthy manufacturers of that filth,
fraud, oleomargarine.' Will you con
tinue this, or will you assert and de
mand your rights as men and as Amer
can citizens? Six oleomargarine fac
tories in Chicago last year displaced
the product of 300 1000 cows. Anothe
year they will displace 100000 more
That means that 100000 cows ant
heifers must be slaughtered next year
at loss to you because you canno
afford to keep them. Write to-day t.