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This was inolialilv the milv roiniiv in Ihe Slate wlii'ii^ 

 iiiaiiv i>( llu' alk'^fil noxious animals — Foxes, -Miuks. 

 Weasels, Hawks aud Owls — were of lieijiieul oeeiir 

 lence, lliat Ihe citizens showed little w no disposition 

 to kill those animals for bounty. The conntv of Dela- 

 ware has not, 1 am iufoimed, piiid out in bounties dur- 

 ins; the last ten yeai's muili above tift.v dollars. Dur- 

 ing the first sixteen months of the act of 1885, Dela- 

 ware county only exi>ended $10. 'JO. l'\)xes are not at 

 all rare in some seitions of Delaware county but 

 lluouj;h tlu' etTorts of the members of the Kose Tree 

 and other clubs these sly animals are well protected. 



KI.K COUNTY. 



Durinj; ilie latter part of 188.") and about ten uiouilis 

 in ]88(> Klk county paid ujiwards of '#500 bounties, 

 chietly on Foxes, Wildcats, Minks and Weasels. .\ll 

 of these animals, likewise Inrds of the ixvuws Accipiter, 

 are quite uumeiMus in Klk county where they destroy 

 much poultry and i;anie. as well as many si>ecies of 

 small wild birds. \\iUh'ats and Foxes are both in- 

 creasin.u in this county, and as they increase Deer, 

 (!i-ouse, Uabbils and son-;- birds art> decreasinjj. 



KRIE COUNTY 



