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they are quite troublesome to farmers here. I have personal 

 knowledge of the loss of thirty-two half-grown Turkeys in one 

 night. Am confident that Foxes did it by the feathers scat- 

 tered in all directions. Have frequently seen Foxes carry oft 

 poultry. 



ENOS BLOOM, New Millport, Clearfield County: 



Have both Red and Gray Foxes; the Red is the most plentiful 

 and is detrimental to the farmers; they kill and destroy poul- 

 try and kill young Lambs, and are also very destructive to wild 

 birds, such as Pheasants and various other species which the 

 State should protect; particularly is this true of the young 

 Pheasants. It is the habit of the young Pheasant on being first 

 alarmed to poke its head under a leaf or grass, leaving the 

 body exposed, and the Fox scents them and makes many 

 feasts on them. 



N. F. UNDERWOOD, Lake Como, Wayne County: 



Concerning the breeding habits of Red Foxes would say that 

 John F. Jaycox, a hunter and trapper of this place, killed a 

 female Fox here only a day or two ago, which contained six 

 young ones; the usual litter is, I think, three or four. Red 

 Foxes very common; have paid bounty on thirty or forty this 

 winter. Gray Fox rare. Foxes destroy considerable poultry 

 as well as much game, Pheasants, Rabbits and small birds. 



GEO. W. WOOD, Equinunk, Wayne County: 



Foxes are numerous, and very destructive to poultry. Wayne 

 county paid in 1893 over $700 as bounty on Foxes, Wildcats, etc. 



BMIL ULRICH, Stroudsburg, Monroe County: 



Gray Foxes are most common and they steal many Chickens. 

 Consider them detrimental to a farmer, and favor bounty on 

 them. 



DR. H. D. MOORE, New Lexington, Somerset County: 



We have both Red and Gray Foxes. The Red Fox is most 

 destructive to poultry; he seems to be more cunning and bold 

 than the Gray Fox. Both are equally destructive to game. 

 Beneficial to farmers by destroying Field Mice. 



DR. C. E. GOLDSBOROUGH, Hunterstown, Adams County: 



We have Red Foxes common in our lowlands, and Red and 

 Gray Foxes equally common on the mountains. Red Foxes 



