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Show B SHEEP AND DOGS BBJ A govommcut bulletin takes up BBJ tho raising of moro shoop. Tlio HH principal obstacle Is not anything es- BH sentinl to tho life of tho shcop. Our PBJ country is ideally ndapted for them. H Tho old proverb says, Tho sheep's BH' hoof Is shod with gold Wcol and H mutton sell for high prices nnd tho 4 sheep can llto on land that otlior- BBM'l ulso would lie Idlo, Bl The dog problem Is tho ono great Bf dlfllculty. As population increases, BBS tho number of dogs also Is augment- H cd. Tho country districts nro full H of roaming and blood thirsty mon- BBj grcls. Onco they get tho taste of H fresh meat, no fnrm nnlmnl of tholr BBYJ . slzo In Immuno from attack. HBJ Tho farmer would place high H- BHJI censo fees on tlu keoplug of dogs, BH to get an nmpla fund to pny dam- PBft ages with. Ho would also enact H Btrlngcut laws about confinement of H dogs. Hut the dog owners nro qulto m, as Inllucnttnl nn clement. Halt tho BH' legislators who are asked to pass n BH'j strict dog law, nro themsolves own- BHj ers of theso pets. They lovo nnd PHl cherish tlicso faithful friends of man K und will not assent to any restrictive PBB mensures tending against their com- PBtt Yot tho failure to ralso tho num- BBB boryof sheep that could bo produced PHV Is n failure properly to develop our BBV1 iv resourced. It Increases tho cost of BBi' wool and mutton, two of tlio most PH 5 k useful substances raised by man. BPt f. Tlio community wants Its dogs and BB y it must expect to pay for them. BBft '' Tho laws should compensate tho BBa) farmer llborally for damago dono to PPJv ''Is flock. Tho compensating auth- BBBl orlties should consider not merely PBK t,1Q actual damago done to those kill- BBBBBk BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBL cd or bitten, but tho general lowei cd tono of n flock duo to nervous flight. Dog owners should bo well asscsrod for such losses. Then per-liapg per-liapg they would realize, tho necessity of disposing of dogs having this un fortunato tendency to prey on a valuable val-uable domestic nnlmnl. |