250 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. I'livctt: If you will all ekn-t trustees that will see that the dogs 

 are r«f:istered wo will always have money to pay for the sheep that are 

 killed. W»' us((l to iiave sheep killed every year, but for tlic past live years 

 we have had very few, heeause Ave W(>nt after the assessor, and whenever 

 we knew of a doj; we put him after it, and we told him if we elected him 

 he would have to put them on the list. 



Mr. Koundlree: I am very mucli interesti'd in Mr. Levi'rinj^'s talk. 

 There is only one point on which he and I differ, and that is the statement 

 th.-it Indiana is not raisinj; one sheep where she should raise four. The 

 outlook for the sheep industry of this country never was bri.iihter than it 

 is at the present time. The consumption oi mutton never increased at 

 as j;reat a ratio as it has the last two years. The consumption of mutton 

 in the United States now is about fifteen million pounds a year. This 

 should stimulate every farmer to rai.se more sheep and better sheep. 

 and incidentally sheep with better wool. Farmers should also raise better 

 do^s. Now. 1 like a good dog. I have a Scotch collie that is out of im- 

 l)orted stock, and he is the greatest friend to my flock of sheep on the 

 farm. No man coidd look after those sheeji as closely as he does. If 

 a strange dog comes in there after them he goes for him at once. As 

 for killing dogs i)romiscuously, I would not endorse such a plan as that. 

 I would rather let ten guilty dogs go free than to kill one innocent dog. 

 or such a dog as I have on my farm, and you are liable to kill just such 

 dogs when you distribute poison promiscTiously. 



Mr. Harshbarger: I had a sheep dog that awakened me twice when 

 other dogs were killing my sheep. 



Mr. Keim: There is one point in Mr. Levering's speech that I think 

 IS full of interest to this Association. I refer to the wool question. He 

 said we should have a central department of wool inspection for the 

 State. I have been identified with the wool trade for a number of years, 

 and I know we produce a very superior grade of wool in Indiana. As 

 a member of this Association I am interested in doing anything that will 

 further the interests of the sheep lousiness in the State of Indiana. If 

 we can do anything to have this wool inspection I think we ought to do 

 it. The business of this Association ought to advance :i little, and it 

 seems to me something like this would be a step in advance and in the 

 right direction. It is not necessary for this Association to meet year after 

 year and discuss the question of raising sheep and how to get a start. 

 We knoAv those things pretty well already. I wish to say personally 

 there has not been a year since I have been keeping sheep that I have not 

 received from two to four cents a pound above the average price paid for 

 the clips of my neighbors. I know that we have a great deal of avooI that 

 does not bring the farmers what it is worth. I think CraAvfordsville 

 is one of the best wool markets there is in the State of Indiana. We 



