. Diseases and enemies of poultry . jf /^ Ml. 717 will scion clear tlieiii out. I have on two or three oc-casious tried this wav of dealinj;- with .Mire, and ciu litime it was successfnl. SOME METHODS OF TRAPPING FOXES. Foxes are exceedingly wary and they are amongthe most difficult of all animals to catch in , but not often, Foxes are caught in a dead-fall. Senator Lafayette Rowland, of IMke county,where Foxes are numerous, who lost a great maiiychickens and turkeys from the repeated visits of thesesneaking animals, which came from their dens in themountains about a half mile f


. Diseases and enemies of poultry . jf /^ Ml. 717 will scion clear tlieiii out. I have on two or three oc-casious tried this wav of dealinj;- with .Mire, and ciu litime it was successfnl. SOME METHODS OF TRAPPING FOXES. Foxes are exceedingly wary and they are amongthe most difficult of all animals to catch in , but not often, Foxes are caught in a dead-fall. Senator Lafayette Rowland, of IMke county,where Foxes are numerous, who lost a great maiiychickens and turkeys from the repeated visits of thesesneaking animals, which came from their dens in themountains about a half mile from his premises andcarried off the poultry in the daytime as well as in thenight, has piacticed a novel plan with good successof capturing them. He describes it as follows: I built a slat pen or coop in a woods back of my house amiput a rooster and duck in it and left a couple of slats at one endso the Fox, by a little effort, could get in. The first night hecame to the coop but did not find the place to go in. He re-turned the second night


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