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mostly by hawks, skunks and weasels. The rabbit does much 

 damage to farmers in this section. The repeal of the law pro- 

 tecting the rabbit would be a great benefit tn farmers In 

 this locality. 



S. SAMUEL HALL,, McGees Mills: 

 We lose an occasional chicken by hawks. 



CLINTON COUNTY. 



L. M. CASTETTER, Greenburr: 



I can hardly give an accurate estimate as to money loss 

 annually sustained. I can, however, give you some idea of 

 what money it does cost me to keep these animals from my 

 property, and the best way to do this I And as follows: I 

 feed and pay taxes for three good fox hounds, and have about 

 twenty-five or thirty traps, and kill them, but to do this is 

 expensive. I also lose some poultry, but not so much, as 1 

 keep on the watch for these animals. My loss is greatest from 

 the otter, mink, muskrat and 'coon. They are hard on my 

 trout, especially in the winter when ice forms over the ponds 

 and streams. There should certainly be something done to ex- 

 terminate them, the otter particularly, for he does great 

 damage to the trout, as they spawn in the fall when the 

 water is low and are easily caught. It costs me not less than 

 fifty dollars, annually, to protect my poultry, trout, etc. 



DAVID MAPES, Beech Creek: 

 Between five and ten dollars annually. 



COLUMBtA COUNTY. 



HON. AV. T. CREASY, Catawissa: 



From thirty to forty dollars" worth are lost from hawks. 

 Crows do some mischief, but nothing in comparison to 

 hawks. 



R. G. F. KSITINKA, Berwick: 



From hawks and owls the loss would probably amount to 

 two dollars per annum. Since keeping collie dogs have lost 

 no poultry by minks, weasels and foxes. Before my losses 

 amounted to from fifteen to twenty-five dollars per annum 

 from these animals. 



A. P. YOUNG, Millville: 



Minks, weasels, foxes, owls and rats do very little damage. 

 Last year we lost probably ten dollars' worth of young 

 chickens and turkeys from hawks and crows; most of it is 

 chargeable to crows. 



J. P. WELSH, Bloomsburg: 



I am part owner of a poultry farm eight miles distant. 

 Loss per year as above, about two dollars. Have special 

 protection from rats and all nocturnal marauders. 



