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JOHN P. ORR, Mercer: 



Don't know of ever losing a cliickeii fmni an.\ «( tfu' nbo\p 

 rauppp; only iNiiso about fifty a year. 



MIFFLIN CO LI XT V. 



H. A. SPANOGL.E, Lewlstown: 



Last year abom six dollars' worth by rats. 



ANDREW SPANOGLE, Lewlstown: 

 Perhaps eight or ten dollars: mostly by minks and rats. 



HON. GRUBER H. BELL, Lewlstown: 



Not many, but the above never bother much, except minks 

 and hawks on young chicks. 



S. A. HERTZLER, Belleville: 



Not engaged extensively, but being located close to woods 

 I must keep a sharp lookout to save any on account of foxes 

 and hawks. 



JOHN A. CAMPBELL, Belleville: 



In poultry, perhaps five dollars, but the expense and 

 trouble of guarding against foxes, skunks and the big horned 

 owl is considerably more. 



MONROE COUNTY. 



LUTHER MICHAEL, Shawnee: 

 My losses by hawks and owls are ten dollars yearly. 



TOWNSEND PRICE, Canadensis: 



My annual loss would average not less than ten dollars. 



HON. R. F. SCllWARZ, Analomink: 



Have lost none for some years, as I have wire yard near 

 house and keep dogs. 



MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 



GEORGE W. RIGHTER, Abrams: 

 Ten dollars; mostly rats and crows. 



WILLIAM W. POTTS, Swedeland: 



I raise about one hundred chickens each year and do not 

 lose any. I tie the hens to a box and shut them up at 

 night. 



R. M. TYSON, King of Prussia: 



Crows are especially destructive of young poultry and turkey 

 egg^; cannot estimate the amount. 



