report delinquents liable for breeder's fees, until not one 

 was left but breeding dogs and bitches, and cut ones. The 

 breeders to be kept in at home as stock are. 



Who would this benefit? I think, any town, count}' or 

 state. "How?" Like anything first-class is better than 

 second-class. 



Shepherd dogs in Scotland are first-class and instinc- 

 tively take to helping with stock. A well-bred rat terrier 

 will work at his calling when other dogs sleep, and so on. 

 All kinds are needed, but demand for cut or spayed pups 

 of the various breeds will regulate itself; fox hounds will 

 be bought for their work as pointers for birds, but all well- 

 bred and naturally true to their trades. 



What are the dogs you speak of worth? 



I have heard of sales from $10.00 up to $500.00, but 

 have seen many that $50.00 would not buy; should sell as 

 high as cattle do, if bred to perfection in their breed. 



What would a man take for a spayed bitch that his 

 children loved, that would plainly tell him of a thief in his 

 house at night, and that you could depend on to bark if the 

 house was on fire, or would swim in the water and save 

 your child? Many well-bred dogs do such things, but if 

 not castrated or spayed they are naturally too nasty. 



"How" does castration change their nature? If done 

 when young it stops the growth of sexual organs, and of 

 their licking them to keep clean. It stops the male dog 

 also from sprinkling articles of food and clothing when he 

 smells that some other dog has sprinkled there before him. 



Wm. Whitely, of London, said to have the largest store 

 in the world, had hitch racks for dogs near each door, with 

 plain posters saying: "Dogs not admitted." For he knew 



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