Show RAVAGES OF THE S HE EP KILLING DOG C y Q 1 ft 10 ct 14 11 j fl R ow A simple and economical inclosure Inc loure lasire for farm flock prepared by the united state states depart ment of 0 agriculture the census of 1910 showed that in the ten yeara years previous the number of heep kept on farm in the united states bad had decreased 3 head or 14 per cent of the total in 1900 on the other hand during this time the market value of sheep rose to such in on extent that the smaller number in 1910 aas as orth 25 per cent more than the total value of the in 1900 in other words despite th thi rise in the value of the farm flock fewer farmers cared to maintain one the explanation tor for thia this bay say specialists cia lists in the department of agrical T I 1 ila 1 4 k 1 I 4 ta A farm flock will do much in clenning up waste land ture Is the prevalence of the killing dog exclusive of 12 western states where heep beep aro ar maintained on ranges and not on farms it ts to estimated that more ore than sheep aro are killed annually by dogs in the united states it is impossible however to obtain accurate figures for in only a small proportion of elates states and tag he should be killed and any dog found faund unattended on a farm where sheep are maintained may be killed whether ho he baa has or has his not a license tag under any tiny circumstances a dog caught killing or chasing sheep should be killed A regard reward of 16 15 00 Is pro posed for the identification of dogs known to be sheep killers and such animals should be killed at once with the money obtained from the dog tax the county ifould reimburse cheep sheep owners to their lost stock and when possible recover this money from the owners of the guilty dogs it Is however extremely rare tor for doge dogs to be caught in the act of killing sheep and it is I 1 always difficult to identify positively the offenders for this reason tho the law existing in ser cral eral states which permits flock mas to ree recover over damages from the own era of guilty dogs Is oi ot comparatively little service A law based on the principles al at ready outlined would it Is bel believed level greatly reduce the numbers of stray and vicious dogs while not injuring to any appreciable extent the interest of the true dog lovci lovei it if losses from dogs could be effectually prevented there seems to be no reason why the number of sheep kept on Ame american farms cwill not be increased it has leen estimated thai that in the 36 firm states this increase could be ISO per cent without displacing alv stock and romo rome authorities bavo have even evell placed it as high as GOO per cent an ali increase In creace of per cent would mean in morcy morey in great britain the value of sheep on high priced farm lands Is thoroughly realized and in great britain and ireland rland r land there Is ono one beep or faint t tw every 2 5 acres of the total land area in the farm stata stat a of the united states there Is only one sheep or lamb to each acres of land in farms the british farmer raises bli his sheep chiefly on fora forage groP crop pastures pas turee and this undoubtedly Is the best way when intensive farming is possible Is in the absence of laws which will afford an adequate protection to the flock master from doge dogs experiments have shown that sn an effective fence can be constructed in the following fol lowin manner minner N W 7 1 of R 77 4 4 4 A fen counties are complete r georda avail able moreover the number of cheep sheep killed by no means measure measures the hana harm done to the industry la in this wy persons who have r sees een I flock of cheep chased by dosis until they drop dead of are not likely llari to be encouraged to riek risk their money in the business of sheep raising la in ft a new publication of the united states depart department melt ot of agriculture farmer bulletin CM the 1 sheep killing do dog one some are ate given for a uniform law la in 11 the fam elates to check the raids ralde of doca dose 01 farm flocks the underlying prin prill ciple CIPIO of t the he proposed law Is a tax ant if heavy to discourage too the keep lag of dors dogs by those persons abc bo are not willing to take proper care of t barn m this tax it ie to aid said should vary in accordance with alth the number of doze kept by each individual ona anale being tax kaied ed out only y 1 ea each ch ad dit ional male 3 00 aua cach additional female as S 00 the tax mut must be paid each year and A lIC lucenie tag obtained when the money is it any T dog la is found unattended without specifications tor for the th doe fence posts 7 A feet in length let et 2 fee la in the ground and 16 fe feet 0 t apa apart rt A baited wire phel nt dot to jha h sur 1 face cf ct the ground 3 inches higher i a 36 inch woven wire fence having a 4 inch triangular mesh 6 inches hither a barbed wire 6 lochel higher a second barbed wire ire 7 dincher abolt this a third barbed wire total height fil 67 inches fence of thil this kind have turned as ido coyotes in the west and aal an fence that will turn tum a coyote ifould turn a dog it IA important laport Import ant aut however to remember that the bottom detrani of barbed wire mut must he be flat upon th ground eren even I 1 tf grad grading flug and filling uj ul lok lotta li is tie ceary to thia dy by feeding beep sheep on forage crops th are area S to be fenced can be much dimin libed dog dogs rarely heep sheep in the daytime RO so that if it fbi fanner farmer doe does not care to incur the ex pense of fencing a large area trea he ma content himself with a small inclosure into wh t the sheep ibee may be dalta a night 4 |