. Diseases and enemies of poultry . 2 GRAY SQUIRREL. aiFEsizEi. 727 Mink, (he ;, Squirrel a youiiy Weasel, aud thet)ddeoloi-ed Chiiumiiilv a Weasel. DOGS AND WOLVES. There are in this State cur doj-s which, in generalcolor and appearancel^f the head, do not look unlike^V^olves. The lieads lof such animals, from all ac--counts, have in the. past frequently been used byscalp hunters to deceive county officials, whoaccepted them as Wolves. The resemblance betweenthese cur dogs and Wolves is so great that it is not atall surprising that they were substituted for Wolves,which, as already stat
. Diseases and enemies of poultry . 2 GRAY SQUIRREL. aiFEsizEi. 727 Mink, (he ;, Squirrel a youiiy Weasel, aud thet)ddeoloi-ed Chiiumiiilv a Weasel. DOGS AND WOLVES. There are in this State cur doj-s which, in generalcolor and appearancel^f the head, do not look unlike^V^olves. The lieads lof such animals, from all ac--counts, have in the. past frequently been used byscalp hunters to deceive county officials, whoaccepted them as Wolves. The resemblance betweenthese cur dogs and Wolves is so great that it is not atall surprising that they were substituted for Wolves,which, as already stated on previous pages, hn-fe nodoubt been externjinatedin this State. In 1885 or 188G, Prof. S. F. Baird, examined a nuniber of Wolf scalps from Pennsylvania, on whichpremiums had been paid. Investigation showed thatthese so-called Wolf scalps had been made frompelts of Iited Foxes and a couple of and probably all of the counties Of Pennsylvania which border other States were called upon to paybounties foi- animals killed or caught outside of P
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