TXX ,WI8CONSIN FARMER.



           Sheep and the Dog law.
  Ma. EDITOR:-The communication of Daniel
Archer, in the March No. of the FARMSR, on
the above subject contains thunghits of suffi-
cient general interest to require a. few words
in reply.
  Men cannot expect to receive the full bene-
fit of our legisl itive enactmenis without taking
pains to inform themselves as to what these
enactments are.  Nor can farmers hope to be
benefitted by the laws which are placed upon
the statute booksa for the purpose of promoting
their particulmr interests. unless they make
diligent and vigorous eorts to secure the en-
forceement -it such laws and enactments.
  Mr. Archer complains of the impossibility
of getting the dog law of 160 enforced. Does
he not know that the legislature of 18CiJ abro-
gated that statute and passed a dog law which
can be easily enforced, and which is equally
as effectual in preventing -the frequent dep-
redations of miserable dogs as the law of
1860 could be,had it been universally enforced?
If he does not, I think 4 should look up these
things and see if the fault does not lie, in part,
at least, at his own door, before he murmurs
too suck about the laws of the land, and the
proceedings of the legislature.
  Nor can farmers expect to receive the full
benefit of the laws so long as they leave the
entire control of the town elections in the
hands of a few effice seekers who care for the
interests of no one in particular but themselves.
It is a lamentable fact that many substantial
farmers pride themselves upon meddling so
little in politics as scarcely ever to take the
trouble of voting.
  But let them awake to a realizing sense of
their own obligations; attend the town meet-
ings, and see to it that our town offices are fill-
ed by men who possess sufficient executive
ability to see that the laws are lived up to in
their respective towns, and we shall hear no
more of the impossibility of enforcing the dog
law.
  A few resolute, energetic men in a town who
are willing to put shoulder to the wheel can,



without any serious difficulty, enforce the dog
law of 1862.  It has been done this year in
this town, notwithstanding % aijority were
opposed to iL The assessor commenced with
a full determination to secure, if possible, a
perfect list, and succeeded well enough for all
practical purposes. The town treasurer, upon
receiving the lis, commenced the business of
collecting the license money, with # resolution
to perform his part of the programme to the
letter of the law, confident that he would re-
ceive the support of his fellow town officers:
and he collected it.  Some stood . ut about
paying, but after the treasurer forced one of
them, by a hotly contested lawsuit, to pay his
dog tax and 8weaty .doliars buuts, the remain-
der shelled out quite freely.
  I think the legislature of 18G2 gave us a
good dog law, and if we farmers do our part
as well, I hope that in a few years the com-
plaints of "frequent depredations of miserable
dogs " will be few and far between.
                          Gro. H. An4xD&.
 ELBA, Dodge Co.

 GRUB IN THE HEAD OF SHtsp.-Dr. Dadd,
 in a communication to the Prairie Farmer, says
 the only way to prevent grub in the head of
 sheep, Is to put plenty of "grub" into the
stomach of the animal-and that it is a wefl
known fact that sheep properly attended to,
well fed, and housed, are never troubled with
the parasite known as the grub.



  THE FRENCH MERINO SsHEP.-The Ram-
bouillet flock of sheep was formed in 1786, by
Louis XVI, with the finest Merino specimens,
chosen in the most renowned sheep-folds of
Spain-in other words, among the Leonese
breeds, principally that of Cavagne and Ne-
grete. The animals comprising the flock were
originally small, as are also the Merinoes of
Saxony, which are drawn from the same sourc-
es. But under the mode of treatment followed
at the Rambouillet sheep-fold, the flock, while
preserving an absolute purity, and propagating
itself without the least mesalance, has acquir-
ed a shape which renders its specimens the
largest among the unmixed Merino breeds.-
The animals have remained thick and short,
but they have great size and abundant wool.
It appears to be generally understood that the
sheep with " cravats " and very marked dew-
laps are the greatest bearers of wool, but they
are also the most difficult to fatten.-Mark Lane
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