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VOL. Lvn.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.  SEPT. 20, 1902.
NO. 38
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WHAT ARE THE GREATEST OBSTACLES TO
SHEEP GROWING, AND HOW GAN
THEY BE OVERCOME?
Sheep Killing Dogs do tht Most Damage.
1st Premium.—The greatest obstacle to
sheep growing in Indiana is the destruction of Bocka by sheep killing dogs. Some
few   clii*   annually   from   diseases,   snell   us
flesh torn from their hollies. The sight
of these Innocent and valuable animals
lying there all lorn and bleeding, raised
my dander. 1 think I did not swear, but
ir a few euss words Bashed through my
mind I believe I was excusable. I quickly made np my mind to have revenge. I
procured 25 cents worth of strychnine
before sundown, ami this drug was
sprinkled liberally over ihe gnawed ami
lacerated caroaases, ami a mental Invitation   was   sent   out   for   all   sheep   killing
ually kill off the greater part of the worthless curs, now roaming at large over the
country. In tin* meantime, to keep your
Hoiks healthy.     I would  recommend    a
liberal use of soup bones, well saturated
with a solution of strychnine; said bones
to be secreted in brush piles anal fence
coiners ill your sheep pastures. A reliable work shoulil be kept .treating of
Bheep and their diseases, to be consulted
when needed. Bnt as long as so many
worthless  dogs  are   permitted   to  live,   the
comfort! an.l conveniences for the winter
months.
No. 848, Oct. 4. Tell how to lay drain
tile in the most economical and effective
way.
No. 344, Oct. 11.—Give experience with
feed grinders. Should they lie more generally used?
No. 845, Oct IS.—How should chickens*
Im* treated through winter to make them
lay?
No. 34(i, Oct. 25.—Is it better to spread
Au Indian Camp on Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington.
grub iu the head, foot rot, smiffles and
general debility, but by far tbe greater
number die. or are damaged, by being
bitten or worried by dogs. This greatest
obstacle in sheep growing prevents many
a farmer from interesting even a small
sum in sheep. For this reason the writer
bas discarded the business entirely. Some
years ago I had a nice flock of high grade
Sheep, Southdowns ami Cotswolds. One
morning 1 discovered three of my best
ewes dead in the sheep pasture, having
been killed the night before. Their
threats   were   cut.   and   great   patches   of!
dogs in the neighborhood to come to the
Last without fail, Hist class mutton being
en the hill of fare. That night the expected guests arrived on time, and by daylight next morning five of the rascals had
turned up their toes, three mongrel curs,
.••ml two Newfoundland dogs, one of the
latter being the leader of the gang. Suffice it to say that, for several years after
this episode, there was not a sheep killed
in the neighborhood. The way to overcome ibis, the greatest obstacle to sheep
growing, is to Induce our legislature to
double  the tax on dogs, which  would virt-
sheep   industry   will   lag   behind,   and   be
unprofitable. A.  II.   P.
Monroe Co.
Premiums *>f $1. 7."> cents and 50 cents
an* given for the lirst. second and third
best articles for the Experience Department each week. Manuscript should be
Bent direct to the Indiana Fanner Company and should reach us one week before
date of publication.
Topics for discussion in  future numbers
of the  Farmer are as follows:
No.   842,   Sept.   27.-Tell   about   home
manure as hauled out or leave it iu heaps?
How can you get the greatest value out of
the manure crop?
State Statistician, B. F. Johnson, thinks
thai even il hard frost would not. injure
I li*' corn, except in a few cases of late
planting.
Iluring the month of August 402 oil
wells were opened iu the Indiana oil field,
making a yield of G,4:?."> barrels per day.
During July 5.765 wells were opened. Over
od of the wells each month were dry.