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SULl.lVAN OOIINTV. 



OTTO liKHH, Lope/.; 



Think PolooulB are benendal lu Un- luriiur; the dtiniago they 

 ilo In occasionally catlni? the eggs out of a nest out doora, or 

 catching a selling hen 1h more thiin balanced by the Insects they 

 feed on. 



.1, K. HIKI). Mlllvlc'w: 



The HUunU Ih one ol' the vvoihI iichIh the lurnn-i Iimh, ol'tuii 

 coming to our doorH and poultry 1ious''H and robbluK eggs and 

 young chickens from uniler the hen, and rminy llm<-H killing olil 

 I'owlH. I woulil recommend a l)ounly of one dollar on SkunkM. 



('. F. HUNSINOKR, Colley: 



I con.slder the Skunk more of a biiielll than an injuiy. for tin- 

 reason that I know of many jiartli'S who traj) lliein, making 

 good wages selling their hides and a good fair Income by frying 

 out I he oil from the carcass, which Is useful and valuable. 



SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY. 



.lASlMOlt T. .lI'INNl.MiiS. N.;w Mllfco-d; 



The Skunk does little or no damage to crops of any kind. 

 Their principal depredatlonB are among the chickens and 

 young poultry. I have often known a whole brood of young 

 chickens to be destroyed by them In a single night. TUey often 

 burrow under some rock or go Into a Woodchuck hole near the 

 farmer's dwelling and prowl forth at night In search ot prey; 

 they are great destroyers of meadow mice, and they dig out 

 hornets and bumble bees' nests for the larvae of the bees; they 

 are rarely seen In the day time, but when so found will often 

 follow a pei-son to throw their almost unendurable odor upon 

 him. Skunks bring forth several young at a time and Increase 

 very rapidly. They are taken quite extensively In the fall of 

 the year when their fur la good, by means of a stone trap, 

 Ket with a ngure four, denominated a "dead fall." The bait 

 Is generally composed of a chicken's head or entrails; the boys, 

 as well as some men, derive no little pleasure, as well as some 

 profit, In rvinnlng a line of traps 



S. S. THO.'MAS, I.ynii. 

 Skunks very common: think fully 3,.0UO ure kllifij In this coun(v 



