Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-18
HOW DOG LOVERS
GAN SAVE SHEEP
g1ag1ss Of caHInes Can Nd BY
san0rssHa Fair State laNs
Regulating Menace.
BIG lsINfiasncE TO INDUSTRY


'g.ssssusasssts ss sassWp ars rashissaas
AIstea esesy year hy tspgs 1ae kssasfs'
sggy lssas az mere sisaa se1asisa 6psiass
i yaAf ID sheep owners aosss nss eosss
enc asast aafsaxss asgsss as ssss sssaaags
TIE facf tfsas aiss dag saassse sneRa
saAHy fmssnega Srasa sslgaEiag 10 ms
tseess business. even ss this ssIas ssfssss
t.srs ars urgent demands for aassre
wass sssd nsens. is tts rassi ssss4nsas
4..ssifs which ima5 be attributed 70
sssssspkifling sfega, Specialists Of taa
E'nstsd States Department of agriesss.
surs are nrging efficient state ssgfssa-
slf.ss AZ asas ef tie. hest Ways 70 ss.as
Wfth the sheep killing DOG ps7esslafng
Fsag ,sraof seaees aiss are sfvsssTsssesi
ana Advocated In recent nassafea sien
% the ssepartsneglt uf agriculture dsai.
4ssg wis,a thls suesesfl The sheep- Kill
stg raog. Farmers Bulletin ass55
isinsrsnes 10 industry.
That dogs are real hindfanse ~
tle sheep ssissustrg II nat stsls1 ae-
xlaalslesl iyy the Testimony og tharsatitss9
sSf sfassep owners but IN vegsaesi hy
actual conservatives statistics, An IN.
vegfieafian hy the United Ssases de-
s,arsgne.ls Of agriculture aHans sieeis
ess1srs In is states east VI the Kecky
lsseHsYtaiass shows tkat stt of = fotal
of q sfs 49, sfteep in the aaf2 caatss stsss
eylsarsir.s. s4.sss were killed by dogs
iii sssss ys,a Isi ls-ansi psstI TOR hg The
counties. AT the same rate VI loss ah
x,tster garas states the total annual Dc
strueslon Of sheep BY dogs wnsald ne
I07s7s0 head. But these figures s.re
based only upon the number aetsaiis
nafa FOR, and specialists OF the unitesi
states department Of agriealtara say
ii III more than probable that the true
fasses far exceed this. IT ls known that
many sheer, are killed which ara never
reported to the county officials.
sheep.kiliing dogs work both sangly
and Ii, groups, hns usually In tssos sr
tssrees. They do not llinit Their az
saeks 10 the ipeEs Of ti,e in'lnsSsiass y 8
sicsnsty Id which they are kept, but
srayei for miles In all directions,
xs,regslirx destruction Lin the hoess
with which they come In contact, BE-
cause their work Ia 50 often dane nn-
der cover OF darkness IL Is almost Ina
sa.ssta,le sts catch them in the act "
worrying saeep. hence they can seldaiA
fe positively identified. The wars IN
which different dogs attack and de-
atros sheep vary greatly. Some dogs
,<lu.riy XIII one or two in neck.
while others continue 10 attack nntti
s.ll the sheep are either DESTROYED OF
crippled. Id many cases where large
numbers arr killed they are neither
i,tffsn nor wounded hut simply chased
s,i,tsi they die from exhaustion, Aftet
I, tsog f,as once termed 4 habit Vt Kill
ssg sheep Il seemingly becomes 4
sa:s,.,a With l,sm and he y scislom, Y
ls ,.x.rs I,rsken of III. Hei NOT only Dc
.,rags ss,ser, himself but leads otaes
.it,s,s Il, the work No eonsiderati tiof
ss,s,.lt,. be given such dogs; they shotIt
sse kgtled as soon as their habits ars
~ sisoxsn.
RehahilitAtino Industry
lse slesirabfitty Of inn nxiln u'n ~
s,sslse ii, tise number of sheep II zen
x.rxlIy admitted and steps now ar'
;,,.Ina III Ken toward i rehabils q
,se sl,eep Industry. But e ls recOR
nixssI that one of the most eiIeetis' 5
ss,ss,s,s 81 ifsnrfng the fprnler sf0il
s,,i sheep il to make and enforcs lam
Il, HID, adequately protect tne farmers
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