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March 17, 
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PLEASE MENTION THIS PAl'EK. 
It’s Only the 
Rightly Built 
—Manure 
Spreader 
THAT PAYS 
THE DOG QUESTION. 
A Trap for Dogs. 
I read in some farm paper about 10 years 
ago bow a farmer solved the sheep-kiljing 
dog problem, which I think is the most sen¬ 
sible and easiest way to get rid of all prowl¬ 
ing worthless dogs that I have ever heard 
of. He built a square pen of rails back of 
his barn, the first ones laid on the ground 
full length, the second ones laid a little in 
towards the center and each one in succes¬ 
sion sloping in same way, until the pen was 
about four feet high with the opening about 
four feet square in the top with the few last 
rails fastened together at the corners, which 
arrangement made a trap that any dog could 
readily run up on either sloping outside, and 
jump down into from the top, but could not 
jump out for lack of a foot hold. Then 
he would occasionally drop a little bait in at 
night, but always remove it during the day¬ 
time. Then whenever he found a dog fn 
the trap that belonged to a neighbor whom he 
know he would bring the owner there and 
show him the dog in the trap, and tell him he 
could take the dog home unharmed, but If 
he ever found him there again he would not 
he responsible for what might happen to him. 
Rut ail strange dogs found in the pen he 
would convert into fertilizer, and he was get¬ 
ting quite a large number of rich spots on his 
farm. I do not know that his method would 
be strictly according to law, but I think it 
would he pretty hard to sustain an action for 
dog damage, for how could the real fate of 
the dog be proven if the farmer attended to 
the business in person, and should keep all 
others about the place in ignorance? 
Ohio. A. A. FRADENBURG. 
What Are They Good For? 
The system in use at the present time 
In this county, Otsego, is for the assessors 
of each town to charge each dog found on 
their rounds to an owner if possible; if not, 
to say nothing about it, or to recommend to 
some one that so-called stray dogs be killed. 
The tax is light, 50 cents for each dog, $2 for 
each additional dog, $3 for each female. In 
this county there are something like 5,000 
dogs, which pay at tax of some kind, and of 
these it is safe to say there is not one In a 
hundred that Is of any use to the owner, ex¬ 
cept, as one man said, ‘‘to keep bread from 
molding.” In my immediate neighborhood 
I am the only farmer without a dog, and of 
all those around me not one is of the least 
use for the purpose for which they are kept 
—driving a dairy herd—but are rather a det¬ 
riment. Formerly when there were a great 
many sheep kept, there was great loss each 
year from these same worthless dogs. Be¬ 
sides those given up to taxation, It is con¬ 
ceded by all that a great many dogs escape 
listing by one cause or another. 
West Burlington, N. Y. c. D. K. 
A Pennsylvania View of It. 
It is very trying on one’s nerves to read 
about the helplessness of those New England j 
and Jersey farmers who are so effeminate 
that they are unable to protect themselves 
or property from deer. It is hard to imag 
Ine that we farmers of Pennsylvania could 
endure such an annoyance. Why, even in 
our State, we have very severe laws pro¬ 
tecting dogs, but whenever one gets trouble¬ 
some it somehow passes out of existence. 
Even our district attorney notified his neigh¬ 
bors to keep their dogs off his premises or 
he would shoot them. Recently a deer 
strayed into our county, and was shot out of 
season. The lawyers have been working on 
it for months, but can make nothing out of 
it. Sentiment is too strong to stem. 
Pennsylvania,. , w. t. s. 
The Vermont Dog Law. 
In your discussion of sheep and dogs I 
have not seen the Vermont law discussed. 
As it has been in force for 20 years or more, 
and I believe gives general satisfaction I will 
describe it. Every owner of a dog is re¬ 
quired to obtain a license from the town 
clerk before the first of April each year, and 
to pay a tax of .ft on males and $4 on fe¬ 
males. Each license is numbered, and con¬ 
tains a description of the dog, and each dog 
must wear a collar with the number of the 
license and its owner’s name and address on 
it. The money obtained is kept as a fund to 
pay for the sheep killed by dogs in that year. 
Whatever remains at the end of the year is 
turned into the general fund of the town. It 
is the duty of the constable to kill all un¬ 
licensed dogs, and if he does not do so after 
complaint is made he is liable to fine. Very 
few dogs escape the lax. Of course if the 
dog is caught killing sheep his owner is re¬ 
sponsible for the damage, but it is seldom 
that the dog is caught in the act, and if it 
were not for this law the owners would lose 
the value of his sheep. There are very few 
sheep kept here now compared to what there 
were years ago. but I do not think the. fear 
of dogs has much, if anything, to do with it. 
Vermont. chas. h. wrigiit. 
A Suggestion from Missouri. 
It seems to me that this sort of dog tax 
would he the thing: Frame a law taxing each 
female canine $10 per year, and each male I 
dog 10 cents, or else let the latter be exempt 
from taxation. The effect would be like this: 
No man would keep a female dog unless 
a valuable purebred animal, as the owner could 
not afford to pay so high a tax on a mongrel- 
A very large majority (much larger than 
at present) of people would, of course, keep 
male dogs. But, don’t you see, in a few 
years there would be but few mongrels in 
existence, and the whole number of canines 
would be far less than at present. If not, 
why not? l. g. 
Missouri. __ 
Wart on Horse. —I think W. I. II., page 
150, is mistaken about the wart on his horse's 
neck. 1 think he will find a “sitfast,” or pipe 
extending deep into the neck, and the only 
thing that will remove it is a blister. I am 
sure Dr. Williams will agree with me, and 
will prescribe a blister for it. I took care 
of one a year ago last Summer that acted 
as W. I. II. says his does, and after blister¬ 
ing the pipe was pulled out, and was about 
three inches long, with a warty looking spot 
big as a half dollar on the top of it. I would 
suggest that he change the collar after be¬ 
ginning to use her again, and be sure It rests 
as easy as possible on top of the neck. 
New York. o. J. burley. 
Early Birds. —The hen I had sitting on 
11 fertile eggs, page 136. hatched 11 chickens 
by the night of the twentieth day; one was 
rather weak and died the next day, but the 
10 are fine and healthy. I have them in our 
feed house, and they have free access to a 
large pile of dry feed that I have mixed for 
the hens, with a considerable amount of beef 
scrap in it. How do you suppose it will 
affect them? I also have a pile of mixed 
grain there, hut I shut theta away from that 
until they are older, as there are whole oats 
in it, and I thought perhaps it would not be 
good for them. I am going to try them on 
the dry feed, with some cracked corn, cracked 
peas and pinhead oats part of the time. 
J. B. MAPES. 
Buckwheat Hulls in Manure. —For use 
under chicken perches buckwheat hulls are 
preferable to sawdust. At many mills where 
buckwheat is ground these hulls are run into 
the tail race. This should not he. Mixed 
with manure they keep it in the best possible 
condition for handling, and they contain more 
manorial value Ilian sawdust and none of Its 
objectionable features. g. g. g. 
New Jersey. 
R. N.-Y. It is not possible to obtain these 
hulls outside of the buckwheat growing dis¬ 
tricts. 
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