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JOS. M CAHN. Derry: 



I have seen chicken hawks kill ■luail mid frequpnt cases 

 where foxes have killed pheasants. 



GEORGE F. AUSTRAW, Millwood: 

 Polecat, mink, weasel and fox destroying ynnic. poultry, etc. 



HON. AMOS TROUT. Armhurst: 



Hawks and owls kill birds often in hard winters; the worst 

 enemy to fish is the seine. 



WYOMING COUNTY. 



HENRY YOUNG. Centremoreland; 



Foxes destroy more poultry, rabbits and pheasants than arc 

 sent to market. 



O. O. BARNES, Lovelton; 



Cannot raise ducks, geese or turkeys where I live; lose at 

 least half our chickens; hawks take the chicks, and owls, 

 minks, wildcats and raccoons take the birds when large 

 enough to roam the fields and woodlands. I lose twenty-five 

 to fifty young chicks every year, and have lost as high as 

 thirty two-thirds grown turkeys in one season by minks, owls 

 and 'coons. 



C. A. OTTER, Bellasylva: 



I have often seen hawks catch birds, and I saw an owl 

 catch k large squirrel on a birch tree at midday. 



T. D. SCHANTZ, Ricketts: 

 Have seen fox have a white rabbit. 



E. D. ROBINSON, Forkston: 



Saw tracks in snow where a wildcat caught one of my sheep; 

 saw weasel killing poultry; saw were mink killed poultry 

 and rabbits. Have frequently seen hawks carrying off poultry; 

 owls are sure to get some of my poultry If they roost in the 

 trees. 



J. T. KETCHLEDGE. Tunkhannock; 



YORK COUNTY. 



J. G. P.A,TTERSON. Stewartstown: 



I have had eighty chickens killed by minks in two suc- 

 cessive nights; also eighteen young goslings in one night by 

 minks, and many young ducks. Many of my neighbors have 

 suffered from the depredations of minks, weasels, foxes and 

 skunks. 



CHARLES IX ES. York, 

 Have personal knowledge of hawks killing a whole covey 



