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a hen or turkey make their nest away from the buildings thp 

 crow will surely steal their eggs. 



LEWIS H. KOCHER, Ruggles: 

 No. 



DAVID J. LINSKILL., Plymouth: 



No, but they fish along the Susquehanna river and shallow 

 ponds. 



W. P. KIRKENDALL, Dallas: 

 No. 



LYCOMING COUNTY. 



JACOB HEIM, Hepburn: 

 Yes. 



P. J. VANDINE, Lairdsville: 



Crows, while nesting, will sometimes carry away small 

 chickens and steal eggs occasionally, but mostly get a good 

 dose of shot from the farmer. 



PETER REEDER, Hughesville: 



Crows have always been thieves; they pull the newly planted 

 corn, destroy the ears when ripening and commit serious dep- 

 redations to poultry by stealing eggs and catching and de- 

 stroying young fowl. 



AUGUST KOCH, Williamsport: 

 Yes, more than hawks while chicks are small. 



MERCER COUNTY. 



ROBERT McKEE, Mercer: 



No. 



R. K. BAKER, Sandy Lake: 



They steal the eggs, but do not bother the young fowls to 

 any great extent. 



L. R. ECKLEiS, Mercer: 



They do not; they are destroyers of birds' eggs and their 

 young. 



DR. J. A. MORELAND, Jamestown: 

 Very little damage is done by crows except to the corn crops. 



MIFFLIN COUNTY. 



HON. GRUBER H. BELL, Lewistown: 

 No; they are very useful birds to the farmer. 



JOHN A. CAMPBELL, Belleville: 

 They are one of our greatest pests. I have nothing good to 



