66 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



flock. I have one myself, and if a stray dog gets after my 

 sheep, he is after him pretty soon. 



Mr. Clapp. Will a dog brought up with sheep kill a 

 sheep ? I have always had a dog, and never knew him to 

 attack a sheep. 



Mr. West. That depends upon the kind of dog. I have 

 had both kinds, those that would kill, and those that would 

 not. 



Question. I would like to ask Mr. Avery's experience 

 with dogs? 



Mr. Avery. I have never been troubled to any extent 

 with dogs until last year. I had some eight or ten sheep, 

 out of perhaps three hundred, that were killed. This year 

 I have had no trouble with them at all. 



Question. That is all the trouble you ever had ? 



Mr. Avery. Yes, sir. 



Question. No wonder you keep sheep, then. Do you 

 keep a dog? 



Mr. Avery. No, sir ; never owned one. 



Question. Do your neighbors ? 



Mr. Avery. No, sir ; not the near neighbors. 



Question. Do you have plenty of hunters round? 



Mr. Avery. Yes, sir ; they are quite plenty. 



Mr. Lyman of Southampton. I was about to ask a ques- 

 tion in regard to fattening sheep ; whether it is any advan- 

 tage to grind corn for that ? 



Mr. Avery. I do not think it is. I do not think it pays 

 the cost. 



Mr. Lyman. Do you not think it would pay to grind for 

 lambs ? 



Mr. Avery. Well, in our section we do not practice 

 grinding corn for lambs ; we crack it. 



Mr. Lyman. Don't they prefer the corn unground ? 



Mr. Avery. Yes, sir ; and they will select the coarser 

 parts first. They seem to like to grind it themselves. 



Mr. Abbey of Palmer. I would like to say a word with 

 reference to food for sheep. I do not know of anything so 

 profitable and economical for winter food for sheep as good 

 corn ensilage. Any one who has breeding ewes, and wants 

 a food that will produce milk, should use corn ensilage. 



