The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-08

The growing scarcity OF game NAM
mails and birds in the United States
and the threatened extinction of some
Of them over large parts Of their pres
ent ranges make the preservation OF
the remnant highly important Very
important, also, is the increase Of this
remnant so as to make game once
more abundant 1t is believed that
by means Of intelligent game propaga-
tion, both by the states and by pri-
yate enterprise, many OF our depleted
ranges can be restocked with big
game.
The members Of the deer family
rank next to the cattle and sheep in
general utility, and are the most inn
portant Of the big game animals Of
America.
Wherever obtainable in quantity
the flesh Of the deer OF different kinds
has always been staple article Of
diet, and under present market con-
ditions 1t Is hardly necessary to say
that yenison is perhaps the most i'm
portant game, being a favorite with
epicures and also having a wide use
as a substitute for beef and mutton
which meats it resembles in texture
color and general characteristics. Its
flavor is distinctive, though it sng-
gests mutton rather than beef. In
chemical composition it is very sim
liar to beef. though. Judging from
available data, 1t is not so fat as stall
fed cattle. The following figures
show how it compares with beef and
mutton A lean xenison roast before
cooking has been found to contain on
an average of rs per cent. of water.
90 per cent. OF protein or nitrogenous
material, and two per cent. Of Fat; a
lean beef rump. some 65 to 20 per
cent. Of water, 20 to % per cent Of
protein and to IA per cent. fat; and
lean leg of mutton, 67 per cent. Of
water, IS per cent. Of protein and 13
per cent. of fat.
Raising deer for profit does not
necessarily imply their complete do
mestication. They may be kspt in
large preserves with surroundings as
nearly natural as possible and their
domesticatiOn entirely ignored Thus
the breeder may reap nearly all the
profit that could be expected from a
domestic herd, while the animals es-
cape most Of the dangers incident TO
close captivity. But the breeder who
aims at the ultimate domestication Of
the animals, and whose herd APP
proaches nearest to true domesticity.
viii in the end be most successful.
The wapiti. including two related
species and geographic race, and
known generally In America as the
elk, Is. next 10 the moose. the largest
Of our deer II was once abundant
over the greater part OF the United
States, whence fits range extended
northward to about latitude so de-
grees In the Peace river region Of the
interior Of Canada. Ii the United
States the limits Of its range east.
ward were the Adirondacks, western
New Jersey and eastern Pennsyl.
vania; southwark It reached the
southern Alleghenies. northern Texas,
southern New Mexico and Arizona.
and westward the Pacific ocean.
With few exceptions the early az.
tempts to domesticate the elk we're
made by men who were wealthy
enough to disregard all thought Of
profit IN raising them. They were
usually placed under the care Of serv-
ants. and the bucks were left M.
castrated until they became old and
unmanageable. Soon the serious prob
lem Of controlling them outveighed
the novelty Of their possession. and
enc by one the attempts AZ domestica
ton were abandoned