Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1920 — LOVE STOCK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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DOGS SHOT IN CONNECTICUT Wardens Destroy More Than 5,000 Canines, and Less Injury to Sheep Has Resulted. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Information from Connecticut shows that in the year ending September 30, n >re than 5,000 dogs were killed by d< g wardens. Many were shot while in erfering with sheep. Less injury to sheep has resulted than in any pre-

vious year, due, perhaps, to the socalled roaming dog law, which went into effect July 1. The sheep industry in Connecticut has Increased 33 1-3 per cent the past two years, and is still growing. The state legislature recently appropriated SIO,OOO to be used by the Connecticut Agricultural college in furthering the sheep Industry.

A Dog-Proof Fenced Lot In Which Sheep May Be Placed at Night In Regions Where Animals Running at Large Are Ravaging Flocks.