WHAT FAKMEKS SAY ABOUT THE LOSS 

 OF POULTRY. 



ESTIMATES OF DAMAGE BY HAWKS, OWLS 

 AND MAMMALS. 



Farmers and poultry raisers throughout the State 



responded as follows to a question sent out by the 



Zoologist and which reads: 



"If you are engag-ed in raising poultry, please state about 

 what money loss you sustain annually from depredations of 

 animals, such as minks, wildcats, weasels, foxes, hawks, owls, 

 rats, etc." 



ADAMS COUNTY. 



C. L. LONGSDORF, Flora Dale: 



Never lose any, as my poultry are securely locked In a 

 comfortable house at night. 



L. M. LIGHTY, East Berlin: 



I was engaged largely and never lost worth mentioning, ex- 

 cept by rats. They would sometimes kill chicks. AM the 

 other so-called enemies above mentioned never destroyed one 

 dollars wurth for me. 



DR. C. E. GOLDSBOROUGH, Hunlerstown: 



I do not think it would amount to more than ten dollars; 

 chiefly from hawks and crows. 



J. V. GARRETTSON, Flora Dale: 



Very difficult to estimate. Considerable annual loss from 

 foxes, rats and hawks. Hawks are the most destructive 

 birds we have on poultry, and unless the fowls are verj 

 carefully protected our yearly loss Is heavy. 



PETER THORN, Gettysburg: 



Think from five to ten dollars would be within the limit. 

 ROBERT H. CURRENS, Gettysburg: 



Hard to tell, but the crows ar>> the worst. 



