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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
457 
At c, a cornice is shown with alternate hands 
of concrete and brick, or concrete of different 
colors. At d and e are seen plans of chimney- 
stacks, that at d belonging to the elevation 
shown at fig. 13. The remainder of these 
details belong to the elevation shown at fig. 15. 
The crest of this roof is intended to be made of 
ornamental tiles. There is nothing in these 
plans but what are real, there are no shams or 
deceptive appearances which fail in use, and if 
Legislation in Reference to Dogs. 
Our correspondent, W. W. W., of Griffin, 
Ga., is interested in sheep culture, and wants to 
know what States have passed laws against 
dogs, and the proper requirements of a dog 
law.—We sent his letter to our friend “ Con¬ 
necticut,” who returns the following as to the 
Dog Law op Connecticut.— The follow- 
Fig. 12.— ORNAMENTS FOR BUILDING. 
. there is some want of elegance in the style, 
there is neatness, solidity, and reality, which, 
with the economy of the plan, render it very 
desirable where cheapness and durability are 
essential. The plans here given, are intended 
to apply to the building of the class of houses 
described and illustrated in the American 
ing statute was passed 
by the Legislature of 
Connecticut in 1867, 
and is still in force: 
Sec. 1st.— It shall 
be the duty of the 
Assessors of the sev¬ 
eral towns of this 
State, to cause all 
dogs, three months 
old and upwards, 
which have not been 
registered according 
to law previous to the 
first meeting of the 
board of assessors, to 
be entered upon the 
assessment list of per¬ 
sons owning such 
dogs ; and such dogs 
shall be presumed to 
be owned by the 
keeper or occupier of 
the premises, where 
such dogs are kept. 
Sec. 2nd. — The 
owner or owners of all dogs not registered 
as aforesaid, shall pay an annual tax into 
the treasury of the town where such dogs 
are kept, to be levied and collected with, 
and in the same manner as the ordinary town 
taxes, of three dollars for every male dog, and 
six dollars for every female dog. 
Another act passed at the same session of the 
Agriculturist, of July, 1873, page 252; although 
it is adapted equally well to construction of 
much larger and more costly houses, as well 
as stables, barns, and outhouses. 
The cost of concrete buildings upon this 
plan, is less than half the cost of brick, includ¬ 
ing the cost of the plank, etc., for the molds, 
one outfit of which will answer for a great 
many buildings. We know of no plan more 
suitable than this for the use of village building 
associations, where a number of houses of a 
similar size are needed, or for farm houses, 
which in some districts are built very much after 
the same pattern. In these cases the saving in 
•cost will be greater in proportion to the number 
of houses built of the same kind of materials. 
Legislature—provides that any excess of money 
in the dog-fund may be used for ordinary town 
expenses after all damages done to sheep in pre¬ 
vious years are paid for. 
In the general statutes of this State in section 
113, it is provided that any two Justices of the 
Peace may make such rules and regulations 
against dogs as they think the safety of persons 
and property demand. 
Sec. 114 provides that 
the inhabitants of the 
several towns in legal 
meeting assembled, may 
make necessary regula¬ 
tions and offer bounty 
for the killing of dogs. 
Sec. 115 requires the 
owner of a dog over 
three months’ old to 
register and number 
such dog in the Town 
Clerk’s Office on or be¬ 
fore Sept. 1st in each 
year, and to pay fifteen 
cents for registering. 
Sec. 116 provides that 
he shall pay into the 
treasury two dollars for 
every male dog, five for 
every female so register¬ 
ed, and that he shall put 
a collar upon his registered dog, with his name 
upon it and the number of the dog; and any 
person killing said dog shall be liable for his 
value. But any one may kill a dog found 
worrying sheep, whether registered or not. 
Sec. 117 provides that the Town Clerk shall 
pay all monies, received for the privilege of 
keeping dogs, into the treasury.—Sec. 118.— 
Fig. 14.—ORNAMENTS FOR BUILDING. 
The Selectmen are to post notices in every 
school district, that dog owners must either kill 
their dogs, or cause them to be registered. 
Sec. 119 inflicts fifty dollars fine upon the Se¬ 
lectmen who refuse to post such notices. 
Sec. 120 fines whoever puts a false register 
upon his dog’s collar seven dollars. 
Sec. 121 makes it the duty of the first consta¬ 
ble to prosecute all violation of the dog laws. 
Sec. 122.—Those who suffer damage in their 
flocks by death or maiming from dogs, are to 
give information of the fact to one of the Se¬ 
lectmen of the town, who are to estimate the 
damage, and pay it from the dog fund, unless 
the owner of the dog can be made to pay. 
These laws, of which we have given the out¬ 
line, work well in Connecticut, and encourage 
sheep raising. They keep the dogs in check 
and make it easy for sheep owners to recover 
damage done to flocks where any is suffered. 
It is our impression that dog laws have been 
passed in most of the older Northern States, and 
that they are most stringent in New York and 
New England, where wool and mutton are 
most valuable. It is exceedingly desirable 
that we should have similar legislation in all the 
States, and that sheep husbandry should be 
made so safe and profitable, that we have no 
occasion to import wool. The census of 1870 
reported 28 millions of sheep in the country, 
and 100 millions of pounds of wool as the an¬ 
nual product. And yet we import large quan¬ 
tities of wool and woolen goods that we ought 
to produce on our own farms and in our own 
factories. We are glad to believe that we are 
increasing our consumption of lamb and mut¬ 
ton. Give us stringent dog laws in all the 
States, and we might make these the cheapest 
of all the meats in the market. Connecticut. 
Foreign Stock Sales. — At the recent 
sales of the Duke of Devonshire’s Shorthorns, 
the average price realized for 28 cows and 
heifers, and 15 bulls, was about $1,970 each. 
The highest prices obtained were for two cows, 
$5,250 and $5,775. At the Earl of Bective’s 
sale, which followed this, 43 animals brought 
an average of $1,920. The animals sold at 
these sales were by no means the best of the 
herds, these being reserved. At a sale of Short¬ 
horns belonging to Mr. Cheney, and R. Parvin 
Davis, occurring soon after the above, the 8th 
Duchess of Airdrie brought $8,927, and a year¬ 
ling heifer, the Duchess of Gloucester, $9,373. 
Both of these were American bred animals. 
The average of Mr. Cheney’s sale was $2,095 
each, for cows, bulls, and calves; and that of 
Mr. Davis’ saie was $1,250 each ; the latter sale 
was of all English bred animals. At a sale of 
fine Hereford cattle, belonging to J. B. Green, 
of Knighton, a lot of 108 cows and heifers 
sold for an average of $222. One cow brought 
$650, and one heifer calf $400. The average 
of 14 bulls was $205. A large number of this 
herd were descended from a cow which lived 
and bred up to an age of 26 years. At a sale 
of black polled cattle in Scotland, 23 cows 
brought an average of $216 each. A fine bull 
brought $500 ; bull calves sold for $80 to $300, 
and heifer calves for $50 to $180. The dispar¬ 
ity between these latter unfashionable and the 
former fashionable stock, does not rest upon a 
difference in intrinsic excellence by any means, 
and when we know that three Herefords can 
be kept where two Shorthorns can, and that the 
herd referred to here, was bred and fed upon 
the top of a Welsh mountain, the Herefords 
may be regarded as the more profitable cattle. 
