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A. T. L.n^L.b^Y, LeKoy: 



No. 



BLAIK COIJNTV. 



GKORGP: M. PATTERSON, Williamsbury : 

 Very much. 



FRED. JAEKEL, HolUdaysburg: 

 No. 



HENRY S. WERTZ, Duncanville: 



I have known them to carry away hens' eggs and young 

 chicks. 



BERKS COUNTY. 



OLIVER D. SCHOCK, Hamburg: 



The aggregate loss is not heavy. Years ago the loss was 

 much greater. 



FRED. B. HOSSLER, Hamburg: 

 Yes, but at the same time feed on grubs . 



GEORGE D. FAHRENBACH, West Reading: 



They destroy all the eggs in nests outside of building and 

 catch young poultry. 



JAMES McGOWAN, Geiger's Mills: 



Yes, they do; also many a farmer loses a corn crop by the 

 crows pulling the corn out about the time it comes up; they 

 are getting too plenty. 



A. M. YOUNG, Womelsdorf: 

 They do. 



FRANK B. BROWN, West Leesport; 



Only with farmers or poultry raisers living near the Blue 

 Mountains, or near some forest. In rare cases, isolated farms 

 that are not near a woods are troubled in this way. 



R. W. SCHE;RER, Manatawny: 

 No. 



A. H. ADAMS, Jacksonwald: 

 Yes. 



HENRY A. MILLER, Shoemakersville: 

 Yes, especially eating eggs and catching young chicks. 



M. D. HUNTER, Stony Creek Mills: 

 No, not to my knowledge. 



CYRUS T. FOX, Reading: 



They ai"e somewhat destructive, but compensate therefore 

 by devouring insect pests. 



