Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-06-17
URGES DEER AS FARM PRODUCT
Texas Farmer Raiees Animals and
Einds Them Profita BILE.


Raise deer and live at home. Plant
few acres Of fawns and watch them
grow; observe their antics and note
their beauty from day to day, and you
, will become a deer enthusiast. You
viii quit cotton and become a deer cul-
turist"
This is the advice Of r. II. Harris
who, with his brother, J. NJ. Harris,
has a beautiful park on their farm near
this city, which park is stocked with
deer, says a Clarksvllle (Texas) special
to the Galveston News. There are
twenty Of these beautiful animals In
the Messrs. Harris collection, and they
are an attractive sight The young
ones are never still except when asleep,
and they are not heavy sleepers. Their
gambols would amuse a stole, and they
are a delight to all persons who see
them.
about three years ago my brother
and | secured six deer and placed
them in our park, which Is a shady
grove adjacent to our old homestead"
said Mr.. Harris. "The increase In tho
three years has been far beyond our
expectations. We have used several on
our table, and at this time have TWEEN.
ty. all from the original stock Of six.
/ In addition to this we have given away
and shipped many Others to different.
parts of the country, one as far away
rs New York State. The does bes L
two fawns every year. We find tie
Joung ones born In captivity very Do
Gle and healthy. We have never lost
one from sickness. They subsist or
less food than any other animal OF
their size, and will eat almost anything
that Is edible, such as cotton seed,
corn peas, bran, potatoes etc. 1t costs
about 1c a day to feed a deer, as they
are good rustlers and MUNICH anything
in the way of vegetation.
"1'he deer is fast disappearing from
the woods, and unless they are domes-
ticated and bred like other classes of
live stock they viii disappear, like the
buffalo and the mastodOn and the soul
lyoloose."
what is a scullyoloose, Mr.. Har
rlsY" asked the correspondent
"Why, scullyoloose ls-but what's
the use of describing scullyoloose
when they are all dead?"
The correspondent agreed shat there
was no Use talking about an extinct
species, and brought the conversation
back to deer.
Il would strongly urge every farmer
who Is prepared to take care of a
bunch Of deer to begin herd and
grow a few every year No other ami
NAL pays so large a dividend, consid-
erng the small expense and trouble of
keeping the deer. They will thrive In
any woods lot and a six-foot fence will
retain them. They live to great age;
the does breed regularly twice year,
and they are uniformly healthy. The
meat is easily kept and Is the most
delicious for table use that L-ln can
treat himself to. 1t is n kings dish
when fresh, and dried venison is recog-
nized as luxury by all epicurfes. The
horns make beautiful ornaments, the
bucks shedding their horns once a year
The skins are valuable and the milk OF
deer is the sweetest ana richest Of any
I'm fact" concluded Mr.. Harris, 81
am deer enthusiast. and l wish more
farmers would diversity to the extent
of raising deer for their own tables
! and the markets. l have none for sale
understand, and have no other interest
In these beautiful animals than my love
for them-to look at and to eat"