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grass, and contained Chicken feathers, bird feathers, Rabbit 

 fur, bones and a much decomposed Weasel. 



DR. L. W. SCHNATTERLiY, Freeport, Armstrong County: 



Both species occur here; the Red most common and destruc- 

 tive to poultry. They destroy a great many broods of young 

 Quail and Pheasants. Both kinds destroy young Lambs. 



GEORGE W. CHAMBERS, Mifflinburg, Union County: 



We have the Red and Gray Foxes; the Red the most com- 

 mon; the Gray stay more on the mountains, but the Red ones 

 come into the valleys and live among the rocks, where they 

 are safe. They do considerable damage, and are the most de- 

 structive to poultry and game on account of their roving dis- 

 position. A few years ago an old Fox made her home in a 

 piece of timber not far from my home. Turkeys that were 

 hatching out in the field were killed. We tried to find her but 

 could not until a little snow fell, when one evening we found 

 a hollow tree in which we supposed she had some young hid; 

 being late, we concluded we would wait until morning, and that 

 night the snow melted. In the morning we cut down the tree, 

 but she had taken them away in the night. The tree was filled 

 up with Turkey and Chicken bones. They destroy many Quail 

 and Pheasants. I do not think that the Fox scalp act should be 

 repealed, for they would become so plentiful as to become a 

 great nuisance to farmers. 



F. J. WAGENSELLER, M. D., Selinsgrove, Snyder County: 



We have both the Red and Gray Fox; the Red is the most 

 common and the most destructive to game and poultry. I con- 

 sider them detrimental to the farmer, and one of the chief 

 causes of the decrease of game. 



W. R. PARK, Athens, Bradford County: 



Both Red and Gray Foxes are present, but Red most plenti- 

 ful and destructive to game. Would consider them detrimental 

 to farmers in many ways. 



F. M. McKEiE'HAN, Ferguson, Perry County: 



Foxes are common, but few Gray ones; ordinarily Foxes do 

 not do much harm to poultry, but destroy much wild game. 

 When they have their den of young the old she one becomes 



