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is nul very cuniiiiuii. All tlie (huuage they du tu corn aimmnts 

 to but little. 



EMIL. ULHICH, Stroudsburff, Monroe County: 



Raccoons will go for the corn ears occasionally, but the 

 damage is trifling. 



GEO. S. APPLEBY, Decorum, Huntingdon County: 



Raccoons devour corn and they are sometimes very de- 

 structive to it. 



J. S. GAY, Terry town, Bradford County: 



I have known 'coons to wallow the corn down equal to 

 turning the hogs in. Muskrats I have known to destroy corn 

 to a certain extent. 



HON. G. C. BROWN, Yorkana, York County: 



Raccoons are very fond of fresh water clams, which they 

 dig out of the sand or gravel on the banks of streams with 

 great dexterity. 



L. T. WILT, Franklin, Venango County: 



Submitted to Al. Simons (a colored gentleman sportsman). 

 He says: "Raccoons are great water waders, fishing with their 

 paws under small stones, and when bitten in the claw by a 

 crab or crawler, the Raccoon raises his paw to his mouth and 

 removes the object that had taken hold. The Raccoon, when 

 working on corn, scratches the husk with his paw on account 

 of the husk getting between his teeth, then cuts the grain clean 

 to the cob." 



JAMES THOMAS, Curwensville, Clearfield County: 



Raccoons fish from early in the spring until late in the fall; 

 they will follow a fish, wallowing like a hog, and chase them 

 under a stone, then catch them. 



W. C. SLOAN, Sloan, Westmoreland County: 



Raccoons destroy corn in the roasting season; Squirrels, wheat 

 in head; Muskrats and Groundhogs (Woodchucks) cut and de- 

 stroy corn, oats, wheat and grass when in the green stage. 

 Done yearly on my farm. 



