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G. S. L.UKiiJNS, Jiast Salem: 



About ten dcllars' worth annually. 



J. W. MILLIKIN, Honey Grove: 



I am engaged in raising poultry and lose a great dnal every 

 year by the above. 



SAMUEL SCHLEYD, East Salem: 

 Four dollars. 



J. T. AILMAN, Thompsontown: 

 Very little; possibly some from hawks and rats. 



WILLIAM P. BELL, Reed's Gap: 

 About five dollars. 



LACKAWANNA COUNTY. 



F. L. BENJAMIN, Kizcrt;: 



About one year ago I commenced to raise poultry o!i a 

 small scale. Have suffered no loss from the above named 

 animals to my knowledge. 



MICHAEL FOLEY, Mount Cobb: 



We are not in the business very extensively, but lose on an 

 .average about ten dollars' worth. 



LANCASTER COUNTY. 



JOHN H. EPPLER, Elizabethtown: 



While farming my losg probably was twenty dollars every 

 yaar. Here in town I raise but few and have no loss other 

 than from rats, which we destroy as soon as we know of their 

 presence. 



M. BROWN, Wakefield. 



From three to four dollars' worth; mostly from minks, foxes 

 and opossums. 



WILLIAM M. MAULE, Collins: 



Our loss has been light of late years; probably has not ex- 

 ceeded ten dollars from foxes, minks, etc. 



JOHN KREADY, Mt. Joy: 



My loss is a few dollars; have my poultry confined generally. 



HON. JOHN. H. LANDIR, Millersville: 

 I lose about ten dollars pei- year from rats. 



J. G. RUSH, West Willow: 

 R.Tts and hawks destroy a good deal. 



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