JOHN P. ORR. Mercer: 



Don't know of ever losing a iliicken tvmu at\\ of thf ab 

 causes; only raise about fifty a year. 



MIFFLIN COUNTY. 



H. A. SPANOGLE, Lewlstown: 

 I.nst year ubouL six dollars' wortli by lais. 



ANDREW SPANOGLE, Lewistown ; 

 Perhaps eight or ten dollars; mostly by minks and rats. 



HON. GRUBER H. BELL. Lewistown; 



Not many, but the above never bother much, except lui 

 and hawks on young chicks. 



S. A. HERTZLER, Belleville: 



Not engaged extensively, but 

 I must keep a sharp lookout to 

 and hawks. 



JOHN A. CAMPBELL, Belleville: 



In poultry, perhaps five dollars, but the expense ai 

 trouble of guarding against foxes, skunks and the big horm 

 owl is considerably more. 



MONROE COUNTY. 



LUTHER MICHAEL, Shawnee: 

 My losses by hawks and owls are ten dollars yearly. 



TOWNSEND PRICE, Canadensis; 



My annual loss would average not less than ten dollars. 

 HON. R. F. SCH-V\'ARZ, Analomink; 



Have lost none for some years, as I have wire yard nei 

 house and keep dogs. 



MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 



GEORGE W. RIGHTER. Abrams: 

 Ten dollars: mostly rats and crnws. 



WILLIAM W. POTTS. Swedeland; 



I raise about one hundred chickens each year and do n( 

 lose any. I tie the hens to a box and shut them up s 

 night. 



E. M. TYSON, King of Prussia: 



Crows are especially destructive of young poultrj' and turke 

 eggg; cannot estimate the amount. 



