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WAYNE COITNTV. 



PETEH COREY, Newfoundland: 



I think twenty per cent, is a reasonable estimate of damage 

 to poultry by minks, weasels, foxes and hawks for me and 

 all people in this section of countiy. Skunks are also very 

 troublesome. 



WESTMORELAND COUNTY. 



M. K. LAIRD, Livermore: 



Loss during past year about two dollars; mostly from 

 hawks. 



T. RUTH, Scottdale: 

 Four dollars, by hawks. 



WYOMING COUNTY. 



N. P. STERLING, Meshoppen: 



About five dollars, and that mostly from rats; we can 

 gnard against other animals by housing. 



NELLIE LOVE, Meshoppen: 

 Minks, five dollars; skunks, two dollars. 



W. N. REYNOLDS, Tunkhannock: 



Am not in the business, but from inquiry learn that the 

 loss is greater from hawks than any other source. 



YORK COUNTY. 



HON. GERARD C. BROWN, Y'orkana: 



Perhaps twenty dollars per year; chickens, ducks and 

 turkeys. 



JAMES G. PATTERSON, Stewartstown: 

 More than fifty dollars annually. 



H. S. TYSON, York: 



Hawks should be destroyed, as they devour much poultry 

 and game. 



SAMUEL SMALE, York: 

 Lose some from depredations of hawks. 



OTHER STATES. 



R. B. & C. H. DAYTON. Remsenburg, Suffolk county. N. Y.: 



Principal loss by rats; one hundred to one hundred and fifty 



dollars Tftstimflted) nnnuallv. Sli.ta:ht loss h\ hnwks. minks and 



