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WHAT FARMEKS SAY ABOUT THE LOSS 

 OF POULTRY. 



ESTIMATES OF DAMAGE BY HAWKS, OWLS 

 AND MAMMALS. 



Farmers and poultry raisers throughout the State 

 responded as follows to a question sent out by the 

 Zoologist and which reads: 



"If you are engaged in raising poultry, please state about 

 what money loss you sustain annually from depredations of 

 animals, such as minks, wildcats, weasels, foxes, hawks, owls, 

 rats, etc." 



ADAMS COUNTY. 



C. L. LONGSDORF, Flora Dale: 



Never lose any, as my poultry are securely locked In a 

 comfortable house at night. 



L. M. LIGHTY, East Berlin: 



I was engaged largely and never lost worth mentioning, ex- 

 cept by rats. They would sometimes kill chicks. All the 

 other so-called enemies above mentioned never destroyed one 

 dollar's worth for me. 



DR. C. E. GOLDSBOROUGH, Hunterstown: 



I do not think it would amount to more than ten dollars; 

 chiefly from hawks and crows. 



J. V. GARRETTSON, Flora Dale: 



Very difficult to estimate. Considerable annual loss from 

 foxes, rats and hawks. Hawks are the most destructive 

 birds we have on poultry, and unless the fowls are vers 

 carefully protected our yearly loss is heavy. 



PETER THORN, Gettysburg: 

 Think from five to ten dollars would be within the limit. 



ROBERT H. CURRENS, Gettysburg: 

 Hard to tell, but thf prows are the worst 



