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Show Newest Pest, The nowcBt pest in tho west and middle west Is tho dog. Not tho pral-rlo pral-rlo dog, Just tho common dog. Ho Is responsible for the decline In the sheep raising Industry. In many states In tho section of tho country onco largely devotod to cattlo and sheep raising, there nro moro dogs than thero nro sheep. It takes threo barb wires on top of two feot of woven wlro to mako a fenco thnt will keep dogs away from sheep. Kansas had 175,000 sheep and 199,000 dogs In 1910, according to the secretary of tho Kansas board of agriculture Tho usual answer farmers In tho west glvo to the question, "Why don't you keep sheep?" Is "Wo can't koep dogs from killing thom." |