brought $5 each. We looked up the butcher 

 and paid their board bill of $60. It did not 

 seem fair to let him lose when we had gained 

 so much by the transaction. 



The food of two large dogs like the Danes 

 will not cost more than a dollar a week on a 

 farm, and that, of course, is only $52 a year. 

 From birth, and until a year old, a puppy 

 might cost about $20 ; but it is safe to estimate 

 that one good puppy will pay his own and his 

 parents' expenses, so the remainder can be 

 counted as clear profit. As with all pet 

 stock, fashion sets the price; so in estab- 

 lishing kennels, or even in selecting a guardian 

 for the home, choose the dog or dogs in 

 vogue. 



Just now the collie is pre-eminently the 

 wealthy woman's favorite among large breeds, 

 and there is little fear of his being deposed, 

 for his handsome coat and gentle, mannerly 

 ways render Mr. Collie an acquisition to a 

 carriage, to say nothing of his growing pop- 

 ularity among the big cattle raisers of the 



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