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are more destructive because larger, swifter and bolder. Both 

 kinds are detrimental to the farmer. 



Foxes, I am satisfied, do much mischief to turkeys while 

 hatching, and with their young; am led to this belief from hav- 

 ing suffered on one occasion until I killed three Foxes, 

 when the trouble ceased'. Weasels come next in de- 

 stroying Chickens. 



L. T. WILT, Franklin, Venango County: 



Both Red and Gray; the Red more abundant, hence more 

 destructive to poultry and game. They prey on the Ruffed 

 Grouse during the whole year; they are experts in taking a 

 Ruffed Grouse in winter when they have plunged under the 

 snow. The Fox jumps zigzag past the hole in the snow, and 

 as the bird raises takes him on the wing. The writer never 

 saw a case where it would scors a miss. Detrimental to the 

 farmer, and likewise to the game interests. 



GEO. K. BOAK, Pine Glen, Centre County: 



We introduced Wild Turkeys in our game preserves and the 

 Wildcats and Foxes destroyed them, both old and young, re- 

 gardless of efforts made to exterminate them by poison and 

 traps. We have both Red and Gray Foxes; they are very de- 

 structive to game and poultry in tTiis region. 



OTTO BEHR, Lopez, Sullivan County: 



Have only seen Red Foxes in this county. Think they are 

 beneficial to the farmer. They catch multitudes of grasshop- 

 pers, beetles and insects of all kinds, and lots of Wood and 

 Meadow Mice. My brother found a nest of young Foxes not 

 more than a week old, that had forty-two Mice and Squirrels 

 in it, mostly all Mice. There is occasionally a Gray Fox shot 

 here, but not often. 



B. F. HERRINGTON, Waynesburg, Greene County: 



No Gray Foxes; the Red Fox is quite numerous and is detri- 

 mental to some extent from the fact that he preys on the 

 poultry, and has been known to carry off young pigs and 

 lambs. 



J. L. BRAUNER, Exchange, Montour County: 



Red and Gray Foxes are found in our county, and both are 

 destructive to the farmer's poultry and game. 



