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cent into the treasury, and our town authorities do not follow 

 the matter up, and consequently there are a lot of dogs on 

 which no taxes are paid whatever. And a good deal of that is 

 due to the fact that lots of people think more of their dogs than 

 they do of the development of the sheep industry. And that 

 is one of the first things we have got to do. We have got to get 

 the sentiment in the State of Connecticut on the side of the 

 sheep breeding question stronger than it is on the dog side. 

 The dog sentiment today stands first. In a case I know of 

 there was a man that had three sheep killed by a dog. The 

 man who owned the sheep shot the dog. The man who owned 

 the dog appeared and he says, " Here, you shot my dog." 

 " Yes," he said, '* he had been chasing my sheep." " How 

 much do you call your sheep worth ? " He told him the amount, 

 and the owner of the dog pulled out the money and paid him. 

 Then he turned around to him and he says, " Now I want you 

 to pay me for my dog." "But your dog killed my sheep." 

 " Well, that is all right, I admit that the dog killed your sheep, 

 and I paid you for your sheep, but that dog is my property and 

 I want you to pay me for him, because you shot him." " How 

 much do you ask for your dog?" "One hundred dollars." 

 " I won't pay it." What was the result ? The result was he 

 was forced to go to law and finally had to pay for the dog and 

 the expenses for fighting the suit. Now, gentlemen, under 

 such circumstances as that there is certainly no encouragement 

 for a farmer in Connecticut to go into sheep raising. We have 

 got to have a change in that situation. So long as the dog sen- 

 timent stands first you are simply driving sheep husbandry 

 right out of the State as fast as you can. We want to get the 

 sentiment on the side of the sheep business. It seems to me 

 if we can do that it will overcome a good deal of the difficulty 

 we are at present laboring under, and will thereby help us 

 immensely along that line. 



Mr. Stadtmueller. Mr, President, I would just like to 

 emphasize the remarks- of the previous speaker and point out 



