Dog Farning A New Trade;

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 25 February 1890, Page 2

Dog Farning A New Trade;

Dog farming.is now carried on id ' "Chhn ap systematically as aheepfarming..any where, else. There are thousands of small dog and goat farms dotted over Manchuria and the Eastern borders of Mongolia, where-from . a score to some hundreds of dogs are annually reared on.eaoh farm, and where they oonptifute a tegular source of wealth* A bride, for instance . will receive as dowry a number of dogg proportionate to tha mefcUß of her father It ia probable that in no other part ei w wovWftffl there tdhsfduHdlttdlt '

thi. would onlj jag* »» Unglhofhair, and cob of eewing. ThJ animals are strangled m mid winter, but not before they are eight month? old, and th>n theskmstaken inafroafin.QQndition principally to are cured, assorted, and made into robes, mats. &c. The -talue of the trade from Newchtng l*st year was about £40,000, against nearly £GO,OOO the previous year. The decline was due to depreciation in tslue and a decreased demand from the pntted^wtes- . :

Tb» Hon. tb« • Premier wm at Otaki Utt week wjoying *he grwid son-thinjr w«atb«r, and the balmy bre«r« «f O*«ki Beach. . • .. ■■•■', ■■•■■•>.