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get into chicken coops and kill a dozen or more fowls in a 

 single night. 



W. J. STUL/L, Coalport, Clearfield County. Pa.: 



Mr. Thomas Millen informs me that a Mink has taken quite 

 a number of fi?h from his fish pond by diving or plunging after 

 thfm. 



PAUL SWINGLE, South Canaan. Wayne County, Pa.: 



Minks are very destructive to fish; they swim through the 

 water and catch them. 



S. S. THOMAS, Lynn, Susquehanna County, Pa.: 



A few years ago I had a large number of cat-fish and one 

 eel in a box in my spring drain. Their continued disappear- 

 ance (the eel among the rest) surprised me, but I one day dis- 

 covered as many as twenty of the bull-heads (cat-fish) piled 

 up under a log near by. A steel trap stopped the theft and 

 added half a dollar to the youngsters' pocket money in the 

 way of Mink bounty. 



ZTBA SCOTT, Spring Brook, Lackawanna County, Pa.: 



The Mink likes fish; brook trout suits him best if hi^ can get 

 them. He is an expert swimmer; goes under the water and 

 catches them easily. I have shot two within the past year 

 with trout in their mouths. The last one had a trout eight 

 inches long. 



C. P. MOTT, Milford, Pike County, Pa.: 

 Minks undoubtedly kill many fish. 



GEARY C. BELL, Maplewood, Wayne County, Pa.: 



A Mink got into a carp pond last winter and destroyed a 

 great many carp, some of which were nearly two feet long. 



J. B. OVIATT, Norwich, McKean County. Pa.: 



Have often seen where Minks have caught fish in winter 

 time and have brought them on shore and eat or hid them. 

 Minks have no trouble in catching fish when the w'ater is low. 



J. C. HEYLER, Nauvoo, Tioga County, Pa.: 



Minks destroy poultry and birds, but the greatest damage 

 done by them is to brook trout, which is their principal living; 

 they also catch other fish, but trout is their favorite fish diet. 



