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Great complaint of the destruction of sheep by dogs. We hope to geta 
dog-law when the Jegislature convenes. Carroll: If there were some law 
to protect sheep-raisers from dogs, the business would be increased ; but 
so long as every man is allowed to keep from five to ten half-starved 
curs, it is useless to begin. 
Alabama.—Calhoun: Dogs destroyed sheep so extensively in years back 
that the people had almost quit raising them; but within the last two 
years many have commenced again on a small scale, keeping the few 
they have in pastures near home. 
Mississippi—Lauderdale: The dogs have killed sheep to such an ex- 
tent that few farmers attempt to raise them. Noxubee: Owing to rot- 
ted-down inclosures, many sheep are lost by dogs and thieves. Wayne: 
Many sheep are killed by dogs. 
Texas.— Titus: There is a great desire among farmers to raise sheep, 
but many are deterred on account of the worthless dogs with which the 
countyisinfested. Williamson: Sheep are better cared for than formerly, 
and the losses by dogs are much less. 
Arkansas.—Independence: A law, recently enacted, imposing a tax 
on dogs, will encourage sheep-raising and prevent so much dog-raising, 
a business in which Arkdnsas excels. Howard: Very few sheep were 
killed by dogs in 1875, for the reason that they had killed nearly all in 
the county before that. Benton: Our last legislature passed a dog law, 
and sheep-raising now hassome encouragement to goahead. Saint Fran- . 
cis: There are in the county a great many more dogs than sheep; con- 
sequently, those who keep sheep are all the time annoyed by the worth- 
less curs. Crawford: I have put the number killed by dogs at 1,500, 
and this is low. Properly speaking, there are no sheep-raisers here now, 
and those who keep a few cannot gain on their number; they diminish. 
Tennessee.—Gibson: Owing to the ravages of dogs, sheep-raising 
has been almost entirely abandoned. Roane: A tax on dogs has di- 
minished the number very much. Grainger: Sheep are more profitable 
than any other stock. We are trying a dog-law with excellent results, 
but it is feared that demagogues will take it from us. McMinn: The 
sheep killed by dogs were, in 1875, less by two-thirds than in previons 
years, owing to the tax, which caused many adogtodie. Bedford: We 
have more and better sheep than ever before—the result of a dog-law. 
In the county, in 1875, 5,000 dogs were assessed by me, and at least 
3,000 were killed to avoid assessment. Coffee: Our last legislature 
passed a dog-law, which has done a great deal of good. There is nowa 
growing disposition to go into sheep-husbandry. Last spring over 10,000 
lambs were shipped from Nashville to Louisville, Kentucky. 
West Virginia.—Jefferson: The interests of sheep-owners are now 
protected by a dog-law, which is being enforced right well. Sheep are 
increasing rapidly. 
Kentucky.—Calloway: In my neighborhood a great many sheep 
have been killed by dogs, which seem to increase faster than the sheep. 
Not less than three or four to a family. 
Indiana.—Shelby : The loss of sheep by dogs so discourages many 
farmers that they are disposing of entire flocks. Jennings: We have 
nearly abandoned sheep-raising, owing to dogs. 
Tllinois.—Saline: The falling off in sheep is owing to the fact that 
they have suffered badly from dogs. Clay: Sheep-husbandry declines, 
because of their destruction by dogs. Pope: Doubtless the dogs de- 
stroy, annually, 7 to 10 per cent. ot the whole number of sheep. 
Missouri.—Lincoin : In nearly every case the fine flocks have suf- 
