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land or in water, would cateli any hog that I 

 told him to catch and hold it until I told him to 

 let it go. I could point out an}^ chicken I wanted 

 him to catch and he would get it for me and 

 would not hart the chicken any. 



Some people think a hound don't know any- 

 thing but trail, but a good hound is a very smart 

 dog and a poor hound is about as worthless a 

 dog as 3 ou can find. Take the hound as a breed 

 and I must saj^ they are a noble breed. The fox 

 hound requires, I think, more exercise than any 

 other breed of dogs. I have a 25 gallon caldron. 

 I put most any kind of meat that I can get, 

 beef, horse flesli, 'coon, when there is one that is 

 pretty badly bruised up, pork or any kind of 

 meat that is not decomposed, and put it into 

 this caldron. Of course, I put water in first 

 then put in my meat and boil until it will all 

 stir off tlie bone. I then take all the bones out 

 and stir in corn meal until I have enough so 

 that when the meal is done it will be a very stitf 

 maish. When it is done and cooled off you can 

 take it out in chunks. Use no salt, if any, very 

 little, as a very little salt Avill physic a dog. 



I sometimes bake corn bread for tlie dogs 

 for a cliange, which makes a good food for them 

 but not so strong a food as the otlier. I think a 

 hound will do more running and keep in better 

 order on that mush witli meat than any food you 



