The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-07
rur noo rursANcEIR THE SOUTH.

THE po0 NUISANCE IN THE SOUTH +
A correspondent Of the Atlanta Cos't'm-
,:.a Mint, ant in 4 recent issue difficulty
hitch sh,eu-raisers in the South are only
too famiiisr With. the deprsdations ofaogs'
Tb;. pentleu.An, with companion, Por-
yssr sacrecAsss ss<s1sr ss<s Atlanta J9yss ssna a
spsil 'D1 '<6s market. Owing 70 the
hsS&y I6SSes caused by dogs killing their
sieck. they have been forced to abandon the
enterprise, and will return to their former
homes in the North.
Georgia and other Southern States have
no laws imposing sufficient tax on dogs
and consequently the country is overrun
with them. The negroes especially have
penchant for CANNES and always one and |
often half dozen miserable ours will form n
part Of their family group. White farmers
Of the poorer class are similarly equipped.
The dogs range over the couptry destroy
ing sheep aud poultry, chasing and often
biting horses and cows, and killing valuable
dogs owned by the better class Of the peo-
pie. Their depredatons are continual, and
q constant menace TO every thrifty farmer.
On the mountains and hills Of the Tennes-
see valley, which seem peculiarly adapted
TO the industry by reason Of abundance OF
good grazing land and pure water, as we'll
rs n most favorable climate, sheep-raisng rs
a business has been tried number Of
times and in each case the losses occssoned
by dogs killing the sheep has been the
prime reason for abandoning the enterprise.
Cases are known, and not by any means
exceptional, where in one night out Of n
flock o: some two hundred sheep twelve or
more have been killed and others injured,
and this when the nearest house was three
miles distant.
Even in middle Tennessee, one of the
finest and best cultivated sections Of farm
land in the country, there is annoyance aud
loss from the same cause. Indeed, 1t IS
doubtful if any Southern State is free from
il, and yet the remedy is simple, merely
passing an net imposing sufficient tax on
each dog. We're such an act passed ii
would surprise the legislators to find the
small number of dogs which would ot
claimed by their owners and the very large
number which would belong to nobody.
These latter are the ones which do the harm
and which unquestionably, as will be veri
fed by everyone who has tried sheep-rais
ing, have done more to cast it into distavol
than any other cause.
1t seems absurd that such an importan
industry 10 the South rs sheep raisin.
should be retarded by such cause, and ye
this is literally tho fact. 1t appears. still
----.-sE" nxirara2ant to believe that efforts t
which they have been introduced, aud thi
too, IS fact. In nearly every State effort
nave been made to do away with the do
nu sance and at the same time add TO tn
S'aes rc'enuc. but have not been SEC
cessful. If damages of equal va'ue wa
annually done by tramps the governors At,
legislators would be ovcrruu with letter
and depu'ations demanding some means q
preventing IL; BIZ; ii is eniy the dogs. AM
'hose who suffer are only the Thrifty farm
ers, who, unfortunately. are in the mino,
lty, and the benefits which might be derive
from sheep raising are ony prospective
ana voting for n dog tax might be objected
10 oy the negro constituency, so the matte
Las oeen, Is md will be shelved until tn
legislators can be compelled to recognize tn
necessity of it.-Manutdcturer's Record.
sheep raising is one of the most profitable
branches Of husbandry The Complaint q
the Cons"t"t'ons correspondent voices tn,
experience Of sheep raisers elsewhere
Inc writer spent some several years of hi.
lie In sheep raising in the West Tber,
wolves yHGGrra GraS S0r y uerr hese
70 De the best wolf law devised We would
suggest its use in dealing with dogs. When
dog has killed a sheep he will Invariably
return to the carcass the next or following
night few grains of strychnine inserte ID
into the dead body will kill every dog that
touches 1t. OF course. ones own dog should
be tied up aud when the work is done the
poisoned remains should be burnt Vatau-
ga Valley Neus.