CHAPTER XXIV. 



SCOTCH COLLIES. HOUSE AND WATCH DOGS. 



CHE Scotch collie dog will make the best 

 friend of all the dogs in the canine race, 

 writes a collie admirer. Of all useful 

 animals God gave to man what can excel 

 the dog, at least with the stockmen ; in affection 

 no other dog can compare with him, he is a dog 

 that every farmer needs. He has almost liumau 

 intelligence, a pure bred collie can always be 

 depended upon in sunshine or adversity. He 

 can do his work in a manner that should put the 

 average boy to shame. The pure bred Scotch 

 Collies are of a kind and affectionate disposition 

 and they become strongly attached to their mas- 

 ter. There can be no friend more honest and 

 enduring than the noble, willing and obedient 

 thoroughbred Scotch Collie. As a devoted 

 friend and faithful companion he has no equal 

 in the canine race, he Avill guard the household 

 and property day and night. The Scotch Collies 

 are very watchful and always on the alert, while 

 their intelligence is really marvelous. 



At one year old they are able to perform full 

 duty herding sheep, cattle and other stock, at- 



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