The Old Catablog

From the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog of 1897:

First Prize Dog Power.
No. 16924. This power can be oper­ated by a dog, goat or sheep; yields 25 per cent. more power from a given weight of animal than any other, and with adjustable bridge to regulate the required power and motion, a 30 pound animal will do the churning; if you keep a dog, make him “work his passage.” The power can be connected to any churn sold by us.
Price….. $15.00

The illustration above shows how the double dog power can be used in operating a cream separator. When the separator is not in use and you desire to churn, connect it to tumbling rod sent with machine. A corn sheller, fan mill or sawing machine can be connected by belt from balance wheel. Separators require a high gear, and for this purpose we recommend our steel pulley, 3½x36 inches. This we can furnish at $6 extra. If iron coupling rod and coupling as shown in illustration are desired to connect and run cream separator, we can furnish them at $3 extra.

From the Montgomery Ward Catalogue of 1895:

The Hero Sheep Protector.

42505 is made of steel galvanized wire formed into links. Each link has two sharp projections. Each collar consists of thirteen links, which,will reach around the ordinary sheep’s neck. Links can be removed or more added in a moment’s time: by this means you adjust the collars to the sheep’s neck. These protectors are made of galvanized wire to prevent them from rusting. They will last for ten years or more. This collar adheres close to the sheep’s neck and is not noticeable except for a short time after shearing. What the manufacturers claim and will guarantee: First, that sheep can not hurt themselves on these protectors. Second, that by the use of this protector 95 per cent of the sheep killed by dogs, wolves, etc., would be saved. You say that a dog does not always catch a sheep by the neck. We say, right you are; but when they catch them elsewhere it is done to check the sheep so that they can get to its neck, and in some instances they do not lacerate the neck to speak of but the object in catching the sheep is to cut the throat and drink the blood. In many instances one dog has killed 30 sheep in one night. In their wrestle with the sheep they are sure to come in contact with this protector. This closes the chase; they the will not give blood for blood. If you will put the Hero Protector on your sheep, you can pasture them in your remotest field, and you need not lay awake at night for fear of
them being molested.

Price, per dozen collars.....     $0.85
  "     "  gross    "   .....      8.50
  "     "  1000     "   .....      54.60