The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-29
me Farm nos,

Ille Farm Dos. {ssss5
s q = the opinion of T q great many &
people 3 that the average farm dog Is
2 worth his board and does not eer
= - g home. He IS q creature 81 non
ut'5ctlpt breed and disconsoiata an j
psarance has few Joys but many sor-
lows ''s1' and lives apparently WITH the
\ one purpose Of worrying tram,ps ana
atne man who attempts to keen sheen.
=. NOW y may be considered good SER
vice TO scare tramps away from &
homestead, but there are a anv 81 90
LAME TIT. that Mr. DuNaught is w..
even for the lack Of hospit J, es % ses
& MN and We must cor .a1l.s sngX .S
stacks stack are very cor asss mai Aax
With spontaneous 1h aey troubled
the killing Of eemb asslon. AS to-
while, WIN rev sneep once in
tell 70 every, a15ner33 Of q dog WIN
fell = that It WIS done By the other
- > mound 'tl1l1, for We have yet to
Nil, u. 1ol the l Owner of dog who is
80 ling TO cgsnfess that he is a sheep
. ~ ,le is a very large dog hia
- - a somewhat serious matter.
-. ! as bis appetite is rarely appeased
- wat he gets at home it is little
Nlder that he goes out foraging and
.nstructing the rising canine genera
I ZION IN the mysteries of successful
sneep worrying. The amount of food
consumed by an average farm dog
would doubtless feed one pig and it. is
! questionable il the dog pays for the
1000 he eats, while on the contrary
the pig pays for his by allowing the
leeoer 10 eat him in return The lit
Tie, 1ussy, conceited dog Of boxer
! yelloW hue may be proficient ratter
tsometlmes) but is insunerable as a.
4 seH-assert1ng boss Of the whole sur
roundlngs and it is questionable if a.
cat or two would not do more and bet.
ter work among the rats than these
epltzy little terriers whose other work
IS TO snap and Jump at passing teams
ana all night long sing unto the moon
tnat Old, old song Of semi-how1s and
lnterrosatory barks. We personally
gave the cat the benefit of the doubt
Tor she buries" the rat which is
\ more than the terrier does though ths
huge mounds he sometimes makes in
the fields would suggest the contrary,
and one is often fain to wish that he
would bury himself and be done with
1t, for the gopher and the ground hog
are not worse than he in tearing up
the scenery in the meadow.
Some say they keep the dog for the
| purpose OF driving in the COWS, but II.
as 1t often does, that service consists
IN also swapping at their heels, swing
ing on their tails and biting their
noses--acts which are neither conduc-
I've to full measures of milk or safe
maternity-w conclude that the cow
driving dog is nuisance and no i'm
provement on the small boy with the
big club and unerring, stonethrowing
precision. We have nothing to say
against the full-blooded and properly
trained sheep dog kept on sheep
farm for daily work with the shepherd
who could not get along without his
help but these dogs are not to be ac-
counted as belonging to the class Of
animals an We have been speaking Of and
are likewise preferable IN every way to.
eue idl uea-lnIested, family pets that
nave no specific life work and are too
lazy to do more than eat the food that
would keep a proper" pig. "
! 4 Without saying anything Of hydro
phob1a as the result of the bite of a.
MAD dog, or many other grievances
that could be set forth, we conclude
that the country is .overrun with USE
less ours which are a positive: ex
pense and nuisance to the very farm
ers who keep them and we think that
| our readers who give the matter lit
| tie thought will come to the same con-
| clusion and decide that the best farm
dog is a 'tdead dog .,s:..