French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
DOG HASN'T MASTERED IN
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
But he Does Just About everything
Else on the Henderson COunty Farm
That Mr.. Farmer Does.

Else on the henderson COunI5 III"
THAT Mr.. Farmer Does,
Editor, Hustler
! see N your paper n in other pa
nars nrinted in Western North caro-
Ina that very much is beng said about
dogs that infest tnis beautlful
Ecanntrv of ours, and what a draw BACK
10 the sheep industry they are, q
that there should be legislation to tax
inc dog to such an extent that 1t would
ne impossible for people to keep them'
and that farmers are hes1tatlng TO go
into the sheep raising business because
of the dogs in the country. o l OWE
a farm in Edneyvile township in tne
heart of the Blue Ridge mountains and
know something about the conditions
in this country for sheep raising. me
natural conditions of this country can
not be excelled anywhere on earth for
sheep raising but people thai know
something about the mountain country
of ours know that it is not the dogs
that keep the farmers from going into
the sheep business
ANY farmer in tde mountains OF
Henderson county would risk one hum
dred dollars in sheep on the account OF
damage by dogs where he would not
risk ten dollars in sheep on the &C
count of the wild animal life. Wild
cats alone have killed 80 per cent more
sheep in this section in 20 years than
have dogs, not mentioning pigs and
poultry and birds, and besides very
few sheep have been killed by dogs
that the owner has not got pay for his
sheep. This wild life in the noun
tains is getting more plentiful every
wear. for we have laws that forbid us
trapping 70 rgabe now. If we pass
other laws to tax the dog out of exist
ence then we people in the mountain
section can't raise neither sheep, hogs
nor poultry.
/ am in favor of taxing the dog just
as other personal property is taxed
but I am not in favor of taxing the dog
out Of existence, No one should own
a doc that is not an asset to the farm
and house. I have a dog and he is a
rood one. Why is he a good one? Be
cause ha will go and hunt stock M,
that is on the farm. drive them in.
Thnt saves ne q lard lob. He does
- dav in md cav ont. fhe wear rOuHd.
catches mOles and rats b. the score
ovnrv years on thu farm. Pn catchns
o'rossUms. conn and ground hogs bv
@ho dc-o~ +hnt bottom or N0v1+rv md
bean patches: he kills g cor of~poisor
~7TnEres on the farm evorv vnn~ that
20 MORO darnaOa # rot TiEIod at
90 s+rO'-n than all The ehon~ ki11iro
dogs in Henderson county could do in
a wear He 1~1S NOT It'll eF~op hooouoo
T have taught him better. He does not
TO n~0oln: he 49, hattor +~"irin~ He
Ica~ ~~+ w. aHo-+ Of -I~H+ wIov-
Because he has a collar and chain hat
goes around his neck every night: He
will carry in stove wood a stick at a
time till you tell him to quit. He will
carry a letter to a neighbours house a
mile from home if told to do it, be-
cause he has been trained to be an
asset to the farm instead Of a liability.
Now why should good dogs be exter-
minated? Are peoples taxes so high
they can't keep them Simply because
there are some dogs that have not had
the training to be worth keeping.
If every farmer in Henderson
ty has not got a good intelligent dog
to help run the farm it is not the dogs
fault. NY dog does not speak the
English language but he understands
it better than some sheep / know OF
and some people do not understand the
value of a good dog because like sheep
they do not want to make friends with
him. / can prove that by some of III
ex-legislature members of Henderson
r. E. L. FREEMAN,
Gerton, N. c.