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DAVID J. UiNSKlLU Plymouth. 

 We lose some by rats and house cats. 



P. SUTTON, Exeter: 

 Lose some by skunks; crows occasionally take cgge and 

 weasel gets Into a hen house 



LYCOMING COUNTY. 



HON. JOHN W. KING, Fairfield Center: 



It is impossible to give you the exact ligures. but would 

 place my loss at not less than ten dollars per annum. 



J. P. VANDINE, Lairdsville: 



Yes, twenty-flve dollars would not cover loss by minks, 

 hawks, owls and skunks during last year. 



A. C. HENRY. Hughesville: 



Yes, by rats more than any other; some loss by hawks, but 

 in the vicinity of Hughesville, Pa., there Is very little loss. 



PETER REEDER, Hughesville: 



Losses are small; raise but little poultry. 

 JACOB HEIM, Hepburn: 



Have never kept any account, but we lose some evsi-y 

 year. 



McKEA'N COUNTY. 



C. W. DICKINSON. Norwich: 



Flock of about forty on an average. I lose about two dol- 

 lars' worth of chickens aijnually: shut up poultry at night, 

 so am not bothered with owls and foxes. 



BURDETTE DICKINSON, Colegrove: 

 Do not raise poultry, but farmers in 



N. H. PARKER, Gardeau: 



I keep dogs that protect my fowls trom foxes and minks; 

 the hawks I shoot. I hear complaints from my neighbors 

 about foxes and minks. 



MERCER COUNTY. 



ROBERT McKEE, Mercer: 



Ten per cent. 

 R. K. HA KER. Sandy Lake; 



.\bout two dollars. .1 



