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DAVID J. LINSKILL, Plymouth: 

 We lose some by rats and house cats. 



P. SUTTON. Exeter: 



Lose some by skunks; crows occasionally take eggs and 

 young chickens. When a mink or weasel gets into a hen house 

 ho cleans out the whole "kit," 



LYCOMING COUNTY. 



HON. JOHN W. KING. Fairfield Center: 



It is impossible to give you the exact figures, but would 

 place my loss at nci less than ten dollars per annum. 



J. P. VANDINE. Lairdsville: 



Yes, twenty-five dollars would not cover loss by minks, 

 hawks, owls and skunks during last year. 



A. C. HENRY, Hughesville: 



Yes, by rats more than any other; some loss by hawks, but 

 in the vicinity of Hughesville, Pa., there is very little loss. 



PETER REEDER, Hughesville: 

 Losses are small; raise but little poultry. 



JACOB HEIM, Hepburn: 



Have never kept any account, but we lose some every 

 year. 



TVIcKEAl«f COUNTY. 



C. W. DICKINSON, Norwich: 



Flock of about forty on an average. I lose about two dol- 

 lars' worth of chickens annually; shut up poultry at night, 

 so am not bothered with owls and foxes. 



BURDETTE DICKINSON, Colegrove: 



Do not raise poultry, but farmers in this vicinity lose from 

 two to two and a half dollars annually. Hawks do most of the 

 killing. 



N. H. PARKER, Gardeau: 



I keep dogs that protect my fowls from foxes and minks; 

 the hawks I shoot. I hear complaints from my neighbors 

 about foxes and minks. 



MERCER COUNTY. 



ROBERT McKEE, Mercer: 

 Ten per cent. 



R. K. P.AKER, Sandy Lake: 

 About two dollars. 



