320 



"Mr. ^wope's record in trapping and killing animals for which 

 a premium is allowed by legislative enactment and the amount 

 he has received from Huntingdon county in the ten and onp- 

 half months of the present year, are shown in the following 

 statement: 739 foxes, at $1.00 each, $739.00; 13 wildcats, at $2.00 

 each, $26.00; 1,290 minks, at 25 cents each, $322.50. Total $1,087.50." 



A WYOMING COUNTY TRAPPER. 



The note books of Mr. G. F. Smith, a trapper and 

 hunter of Mill City, Wyomin*^ county, Pa., showthathe 

 has taken the following mammals in his neighborhood: 



"In 1889 and 1890, 23 foxes; 43 raccoons; 37 skunks; 19 minks; 

 2 wildcats; 31 muskrats; 1 bear. 1891, 17 foxes; 21 raccoons; 42 

 skunks; 7 minks; 3 wildcats; 3 muskrats; 1 bear. 1892, 19 foxes; 

 33 raccoons; 60 skunks; 3 minks; 5 wildcats; 18 muskrats. 1893, 

 21 foxes; 61 raccoons; 58 skunks; 7 minks; 4 wildcats; 1 muskrat. 

 1894, 18 foxes; 17 raccoons; 44 skunks; 4 minks; 3 wildcats; 2 

 muskrats. 1895, 20 foxes; 30 raccoons; 51 skunks; 1 mink; 3 

 muskrats. 1896, 28 foxes; 52 raccoons; 26 skunks. Total, 146 

 foxes; 257 raccoons; 318 skunks; 41 minks; 18 wildcats; 58 musk- 

 rats; 2 bears." 



In 1896 Mr. Smith cai)tured an opossum which is re- 

 ported to be a rare visitor in that region. 



REPORTS FROM SOME FUR DEALERS. 

 MR. BUSH, of Mercer County: 



Mr. Charles finsh. of Greenville, Mercer county, Pa., 

 writing under date of May 10, 1896, says: 



"In reply to your circular can only say that I have not been 

 in the fur business during the past ten years, but from ten to 

 fifteen years previously, I handled a great many furs in this 

 section of northwestern Pennsylvania. TTie following is the 

 list and about the number handled: red foxes, from five to six 

 hundred (I should judge perhaps not more than one-fourth of 

 the number handled at present); gray foxes, from 200 to 300. at 

 present one-fourth the number; raccoons, 1,000. at present one- 

 half the number: mink, 400 to 600. at present one-half the num- 

 ber; otter, 20 to 25 pelts, they are scarce and rare at present; 



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