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CHAPTER IX. 



THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS. 



This chapter contains several i)apers which deal 

 with a number of snbjects of especial interest. The 

 Bounty Records given here, although unfortunately 

 no't complete, are without doubt more accurate than 

 any which have been printed or ever can be published 

 in connection with the notorious bounty act of 1885. 

 Tills statement is made because in a number of coun- 

 ties the records were destroyed after the data given 

 in this chapter were compiled. 



The seal}) act of 1897, which allows premiums for 

 Wildcats, Foxes and Minks, is given in full. The au 

 thor of this Measure, Representative G. W. Campbell, 

 of Fayette county, ])repared it with particular care, 

 and persons who may attempt tO' practice fraud under 

 it will likely get into a great deal of trouble. 



Some of Ihe best methods known to trappers and 

 hunters, of capturing and destroying wild animals 

 which commil so ifnuch damage in (he i)i)nltry yard, 

 and to game and song birds, ai'" (piil*- fully explained. 



The seel ion devoted to Ik^ads is one which, Avith tin- 

 carcfiilly }>repared illustrations made rirMii specimens 

 (»n wliich bounties were ])aid. shows dearly the great 

 necessity of liaving some jtublic document that will 

 enable otTicials and sc.alp hunters 1o recognize one ani- 

 lual from anotlier. It is lidiciilciis. t(> say the least, 

 that the ta.\i>ayeis of any comity in this Common- 



