The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-03-19
In the report Of the Department

OF agriculture for 1871, Mr.. G. w.
Kinney, Of Missouri. stated that two
dogs were kept by every family in
that State, and that the whole mum.
ber was not less than 100000.
Leaving out the Cayuga County
census and Mr.. Kinney's estimate,
I the assessors returns in Ohio and
Rhode Island show there is one dog
kept for twelve aud one half inhabi.
tants. 1t certainly will be safe to say
there is one dog in the United States
to every ten Of tho human popula-
ton, or 7,030,470 dogs.
' hat it costs to keep dog year
is not hard to ascertain. Tho lowest
price over paid by sportsmen in the
towns for boarding their dogs is fifty
cents a week. Allowing that there
is good profit to the kennel keep.
or, we will call the actual cost OF
f"od twont five cents we-a Cor
about one cent for each mcal), the
average cost Of feeding dog for Quo
year will amount to $l3 Mr. G. w.
kinney, Of Missouri, says: "The
amount of food required to support
fair s'zed dog, in good thriving
condition, will raise hog. which at
twelve months old will be worth $l2."
Thnt was in Missouri The writer
sold II pig last fall, which was only
soven months old, for SIS G9. Thir
teen dollars would ba fair estimate,
but if we call the average cost Of
f"ding dogs only $40 q yenr, the
cost of feeding all the dogs in the
United States will be $7G,304, 100 -
tremendous yearly taxation, self
imposed, and mainly paid by people
who have hard work to support their
families, and do not need dogs for
pats, or to guard their small posses
si ,ns.
Tho number Of sheep killed by
dngs, and the value Of the slaugh
tired sheep, is known in one or two
States. In o 'io, according to the
re urn Of tho assessors, tho number
Of sheep killed by dogs during ten
years was 357,154, and their value,
which was paid by the State, was
81 ,020,G08 The number Injured
(n"t kiIled), wae 233, 1855, valued ut
S3l0,500 The total average losa
per year was $l37,0l0. In Iowa, in
1865, the assessors returned loss Of
SS2,Gl6 from sheep killed by ooga,
tn" total number Of sheep in the
State thnt year being l,508,220
The same ratio would max. the loes
fr IN the 40,0O0,00O kept in the Uni.
ted 5 atos that year to be 50, ,08U 600
not counting the damage from
maiming. The value Of maimed, nc
cording to the ratio in Ohio, would be
S603,333, making sum total OF dam.
ag" to sheep killed and wounded by
dogs in the United States, in the
year 1866, $2.773,333 The Depart
m"nt 81 Agriculture in 1868 reported
tho loss from sheep killed by dogs in
tn" United States that year at $4,000,
GOO, and from manning ut $1,000.
600.
The writer has been unable to Oh.
tain any later s,at'stics Of tho num-
Der of dogs in the United States, and
cannot say with certainty that they
have increased IN the sAme ratio an
tn" human Inhabitants, but as there
hns been in existence Il National Dox
b eeders' Association, there is no
hope that tho number has diminished.
Tho report for the Department f
Agriculture for tho year 1888 says:
"rh" plague of sheep killing dogs is
unabated, and tho prominence Of
these amin ala as cause of lo~s to
sheep owners is even less dispntable
than usual Their ravages arc most
general in the South, bnt aomn coun
ties in the Northern States report OK
coo ling heavy losses"
In making up the ncconrt axain-t
tho dogs in the United States we
charg them as follow:
10 n 'nual board bill $40 3O4, 100
To va'ne Of sheep killed
per an ,um. ...... 2,OOO0N0
T'value Of sheep maimod l,000,0o0
Total cost OF dog .$7O. .304. 100