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neighbor across the way had about sixty young chickens de- 

 stroyed. The dog barked at a stone pile in the yard, and, with 

 some help, we killed six three-fourths grown Minks, the old one 

 escaping-. 



H. K. MBNSCH, Muncy Station, Lycoming County; 

 Minks are plentiful and do much damage to poultry. 



R. S. STOVER, Livonia, Centre County: 



Minks are bad on chickens in suimmer. 

 HON. A. L. MARTIN, Enon Valley, Lawrence County: 



A Mink broke in my chicken house and one night cut the 

 throats of thirty-seven chickens eight weeks old; different 

 nights did other inrjuries until captured. 



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



Minks still common here; sometimes destructive to poultry; 

 will kill more than they can eat or carry away. Know of one 

 case as follows: A brother-in-law of mine found that something 

 was killing off his chickens; after losing a number he took those 

 that were left alive and put them on the barn floor, turning a 

 large dry goods box over them; the next morning he found 

 them all killed and a Mink in the box. The Mink had squeezed 

 himself through a small aperture between one edge of the 

 box and the floor, and gorged himself on chicken until he was 

 too large to squeeze out. (Fishermen here say that Minks are 

 very destructive to the trout in our streams. 



JOHN F. THOMAS, Carrolltown, Cambria County: 



The Mink does much damage in poultry yards, particularly 

 those situated near creeks or near the head of a minor tribu- 

 tary. In this locality they are often taken with the common 

 steel trap when on their predatory expeditions. The Mink 

 travels generally in the night, but they have been caught in 

 daylight. 



A. W. RHOADS, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County: 

 I had a large flock of ducks which were destroyed by a Mink 



and Weasel which I saw along the brook frequented by the 



ducks. 

 The Weasel, Mink and Red Fox destroy fowls. 

 It has been, for years, a custom among a few enthusiastic 



