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How Divide This Sheep Damage? 
A owns a farm and a flock of sheep. 
He lets farm on shares to B on halves. A 
lets flock of sheep with agreed value of 
$10 per head to B, B to pay six per cent 
interest on one-half valuation of sheep, 
and to have one-half of all wool and lambs 
produced. The original number of sheep 
to be kept good from the increase. Dogs 
damage sheep and adjustment made by 
the State as follows: 
1 lamb killed «*••**«••••,••••* $10.00 
8 lambs missing. S0.00 
1 ewe killed . 20.00 
Damage , . . 100.00 
Total.$210 00 
The ewe belonged to A. The lambs A 
and B each had half interest. The dam¬ 
age allowed for flock was a compromise, 
as under the law it would have amounted 
to more, as there were 100 sheep in the 
flock. What is B’s interest in the $210? 
New York. enquirer. 
It seems that as $20 was allowed for 
loss of the ewe, the tenant should not 
share in this, nor make up the loss by re¬ 
placing with a lamb from the _ increase. 
Assuming this tenant is to remain for an¬ 
other year, following the year in which 
this damage was done, he would seem, in 
that case, to share equally with A in all 
the loss, except the $20 paid for the ewe. 
The $100 damage is for an unseen loss, 
as I take it. That is to say, after sheep 
have been worried and chased by dogs, 
for a long time they do not do well. They 
are timid and at the least strange noise 
or motion, run helter-skelter for their 
lives. They seem to be constantly on the 
alert for another chasing, therefore do not 
do well until they have come to forget the 
chasing. In consequence they would be 
likely to go to Winter quarters in a thin¬ 
ner condition than they otherwise would, 
requiring better rations to overcome this 
thin condition. They would be likely to 
shear less wool the following season, and 
might not produce so well in lambs, and 
if the tenant holds over all this loss would 
fall equally on A and B. In the event 
lie is not to be the tenant for the follow¬ 
ing year, perhaps one-fourth of the $100 
might be a fair proportion for B. How¬ 
ever, if B has been a good tenant, and a 
good shepherd as well, A ought not to ask 
for over one-lialf of the damage, except 
the $20 allowed for loss of his ewe. There¬ 
fore, if B is tenant the following year his 
share should be $95; and otherwise hot 
less than $70. It seems to me the ten¬ 
ant, as well as the criminal, should have 
the benefit of every doubt. 
Wyoming Co., N. Y. c. o. pattridge. 
It is perfectly plain that B is entitled 
to one-half of the State money when it 
comes, including damages, since it is a 
damage to him for the season. At the end 
of the year, if there are ewe lambs enough 
to make up the original number, they will 
be added to the flock, as quite likely there 
will be more losses. If the flock is ruined, 
as often happens, they will have to be 
shipped and the cash divided. At the end 
of the year B is holden to A for one-half 
the value of the original flock, or in this 
case, $500. This situation is the curse of 
the sheep business; the likelihood of hav¬ 
ing your business ruined in the night by 
some wandering cur. Sheep never were 
profitable, strictly speaking, yet they are 
the salvation of the back farms. They 
produce an easily marketed product which 
brings in cash twice each year, and where 
abominable roads make transportation of 
bulky farm produce one way and heavy 
drawing like feed and phosphate the other 
very difficult, the sheep steps in and 
solves the transportation, labor and fer¬ 
tility problems very satisfactorily. Un¬ 
der present conditions they are the best 
bet of the hill man, unless he has plenty 
of dependable labor of his own. In this 
section we have several men who run 100 
or more sheep, and are doing well at the 
job. Occasionally a dog breaks loose and 
we have trouble, but the culprit is soon 
spotted. The new dog law is reducing 
the cur population, and the State police 
are making an honest effort to enforce the 
provisions. Few men will kill the old 
dog to save a little tax money, but. by the 
same token, not many men will get a new 
dog. I believe in this one instance the 
police are worthy of their hire, as our 
local constables will never enforce any 
dog law so you will notice it. 
Schuyler Co., N. Y. n. l. iiatiiaway. 
I have talked with several men about 
it. The consensus of opinion seems to be 
as follows: Half the sum allowed for 
lamb killed to B; one-half the sum al¬ 
lowed for lost lambs to B; the remainder 
to A. Personally, I feel that the dispo¬ 
sition of the $100 damage would depend 
on he length of time B was to have the 
use of the flock. If he was to have it for 
a term of years, then it seems to me a 
portion of the damage money would be¬ 
long to him, as the future lamb crops 
might be greatly affected by the dog chas¬ 
ing. J. S. pratt. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
I do not understand whether the renter 
actually buys one-half the flock, giving 
his note for the agreed amount with 0 per 
cent interest, or merely pays the (» per 
cent for the time he has the use of the 
sheep. However, I do not see that that 
affects the settlement. It would seem 
to me that the value of the ewe killed 
owned by A would go to A, leaving $190 
to be divided equally between A and B. 
B, of course, has to eee that the original 
number is kept good. This may not look 
like a very good proposition for B, but 
as a matter of fact I never knew of a man 
taking a farm on halves who didn’t lose 
by it. It isn’t human nature for any per¬ 
son to do his best when one-half of every¬ 
thing produced is to be turned over to the 
owner of the place. My advice to B, and 
it won’t cost him anything, whether he 
takes it or not, is to hire his place for a 
cash rent, and beg or borrow enough for 
some stock, and I will guarantee if he is 
half a man that he will never want to go 
back to the share system. 
JOHN C. COTTRELL. 
Washington Co., N. Y. 
Since the “number must be kept good 
from the increase,” the $90 for lambs falls 
to B. The $20 goes to A for his personal 
ewe. Since the bond refers to “number” 
only, and not to the welfare of the flock, 
and since its profit prospect is impaired, 
B surely must have one-lialf the damages, 
or $50. Further, since the exigencies of 
the case have changed the present flock 
so that even with the $50 damages given 
B he may not have as good a bargain as 
the original one, it should be made up to 
him, even if it takes the other $50. or 
more. Now, I wonder what became of the 
dogs. W. W. REYNOLDS. 
Ohio. 
Rabbits Fail to Breed 
For the past six months I have had lit¬ 
tle or no success in breeding my rabbits, 
Belgians and Flemish. They are all be¬ 
tween 14 months and 90 months, and are 
of different blood. I feed them mostly 
beanstalks; also hay, oats and bran, with 
water in the morning. At night, carrots 
or sugar beets, and no water. I have a 
good warm stable, properly ventilated. 
The hutches are 3x4x3 feet. ' H. B. 
New Jersey. 
While it is, of course, impossible to as¬ 
sign a definite reason why your rabbits 
refuse to mate, it may be because the 
bucks are too fat. When too fat they fre¬ 
quently become inactive and logy to such 
an extent that their usefulness is greatly 
impaired.i We would suggest cutting 
down their rations for a time and feeding 
them quite sparingly until they are rather 
thin in flesh. If this does not have the 
desired effect, we should conclude that 
they are worthless as breeders. We have 
had bucks of this character—good for 
nothing but meat. We, know of no rem¬ 
edy to suggest as treatment for this par¬ 
ticular failing. 
Lame Cow; Lice on Horse 
1. A cow recently bought had very sore 
teats; also a sore in foot, between claws. 
Is it possible to cure this? I have cured 
the sore teats by using a wash, poultice 
and healing powder composed of pow¬ 
dered zinc. Has it anything to do with 
the foot, that when one is cured the other 
starts again? The cow is a hard milker. 
The dealer said she had a big calf that 
bit the udder and teats. My opinion is 
that a bad case of warts had been neg¬ 
lected. 2. What can I do for a horse in- 
February 8, 191ft 
fested with lice? He often breaks loose 
in barn, annoying other animals. He 
continually scratches and rubs himself, 
particularly at the rump. The vermin on 
him are like a hog louse, but smaller. 
Have dusted him well with lice powder ; 
have also washed with a strong solution 
of creolin, etc., without permanent re¬ 
sults. Hair is very thick and fine. I 
am afraid he will give it to other horses 
or cows. Have cleaned and whitewashed 
everything. L. b. g. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. Sell the cow to a cattle dealer and 
let him use his own judgment as to her 
value and the probability of lameness 
and other troubles returning. Without 
making an examination we cannot decide 
just what is wrong or its seriousness. 
Meanwhile, apply pine tar to the sore on 
the foot. 2. lace may be destroyed by 
applications of a solution of coal tar 
dip made and used according to direc¬ 
tions given by the manufacturer, or by 
dusting infected skin with a mixture of 
equal quantities of pyrethrum powder 
and powdered tobacco leaves and sul¬ 
phur. Repeat application as often as 
found necessary. Also cleanse, disinfect 
and whitewash the stable. A. S. A. 
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