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Identifier: diseasesenemieso00pearrich (find matches)
Title: Diseases and enemies of poultry
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Pearson, Leonard, 1868-1909 Warren, Benjamin Harry, 1858-1926
Subjects: Poultry Diseases Mammals Birds
Publisher: (Harrisburg, Pa.) : C.M. Busch
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cultivated fields. FOXES. Both the Red Fox and the Gray Fox are found inPennsylvania. They are destroyers of game birds andsmall mamnvals. The Red Fox is particularly fond ofpoultry; he also captures many mice and insects, and,sometimes, he kills lambs and pigs. THE WILD CAT. This animal, which is so extremely destructive ofgame, as well as of the farmers poultry, that hechances to meet on his foraging expeditions, is foundin a number of counties of Pennsylvania, and accord-ing to all accounts this species is increasing quitenoticeably in several regions of the Commonwealth.The Wild Cat is quite common in Clearfield, Cameron,Clinton, Elk, Forest, McKean, and Potter counties. Wild Cats appear to have multiplied in recent yearsso rapidly in several counties of Pennsylvania that atthe last session of our Legislature C97), by the earnestefforts of prominent residents of Cameron, Clearfield,Lycoming, Elk and a few other counties a bounty oftwo dollars per head was placed on these animals.
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509 THE RACCOON. Tlie Coon is common and well-kuowu. It occursjijenerally throvighont Ponns^lvania, from which regionlarge nnmbery of ))elts of this coin-loving animal areannually shipped. Raccoons catch fish, and they feedupon mice, frogs, young birds, birds eggs, crayfishmollusks, turtles and their eggs. They capture large-sized insects; nuts, fruits and poultry are dainty mor-sels for these animals which are more destructive tocorn than any other of the farmers possessions. THE OTTER. This wary and valuable fur-bearing animal, so de-structive to fish, is found about stleams and lakes innearly every section of the State, but it is nowhereabundant and may, not improperly, be classed amongthe species termed rare. Individuals of this speciesare, of course, much oftener found about streams andlakes or old splash dams in the mountains and sparse-ly-settled districts than elsewhere in Pennsylvania.Two 01- three years ago two were captured along theBrandywine Creek, near Chadds Fo-rd, Dela

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