New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06
poMEsTIcATIoN OF DEER.
Economic Possibility of Raising Them-ln-
cressing the Heat Supply.

v--s-.a states Department Of Agriculture hes
,,.,rsd an interesting bulletin pointing OUT tne CO..
1,fc 7ossibilitv OF raising deer and elk and main
.s,,ins them in a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sCa'e %
.o,,rce NJ food supply, says The Rochester DeLnO
cat and Chronicle" Incidentally II Is SHOWN La
the b--products OF the deer abattoT nay DC piO
sbly used IN various manufacturing INDUSTRIES
~ 4, The view Of the bulletin writer that ny
..rx ~ Intelligent game propagation, both by the
state ana by private enterprise many OF the oe-
Melted ranges could be restocked Win o-s eain0
f,,s ma King vast tracts, which are now pracucd-Iy
VIZ :, waste valuable food producers Inc nesh
% the wild deer closely approaches that OF the "e
,,,s7,.v If beef and mutton and while now regard
Cd Is g special delicacy owing 10 us scarcity -
would become z staple article o. olet II HeeiS u
fered "a the market IN competition Win ti's pi
-,est SUNNY F-.perfrnent has shown clearly mat
The three great divisions Of the cerVloae FANNY.
the common deer the elk and the reindeer oreeo
normally when IN a condition OF partial comes
tioa Even within the circur1scribed space alloio
e5 IN RochesterSs public parks. the small heroS "a
deer elk snc even buffalo have naturally increased
:, Is balse,,ed and with apparent reason, not only
that the food supply WIN be cheapeneo ana sreally
,Dc-ease6 hy .he partial do1nestieation of members
H4e exIeTse and with less care than ordinary
domestic cattle. The rapid natural increase htld
would Il believed render the business exuelne'y
ne desire for association with domestic cattle
on the part Of deer has frequently oeen oeth ii
natural and hereditary enemy. they Inlngie ueeds
svd from with farmers herds In some
Fso-4sons Of New England deer are OFTEN founo
feedor even in farm yards close TO human habita-
tons -, - -. -.ts,,,,
Regarding the effect OF game laws on the raising
q deer for profit. the department pu4euh mas Inns
Instead of hamperipg breeders by restIfct9ioans
as ~ T,resent state laws should be SO Jnodlned
as n eRRcourege the raising Of deer elk and other
sufuas es source Of pront 70 the lLcik anu
70 the state Safeguards against me 6estt
nn6 SAFE ~ wild deer IL place OF ooIresti cateo
80 @ - 5if5 .1,lt 10 enforce. For this purpose
a gvs4ern II licensing private parks ana o. .ss.
ging deer or carcasses SOD or shippeo, 20 -
they may be easily Identified, is reeommehaedi,
N Is relieved that with favorable legsstoh Lhucn
oftergfes waste land IN the United states may
be SO utilized for the production OF veh1s9h "a y
Yield rro6fatIe returns. and also thal tnls $500
tert and nutrftious meat. instead OF pelhe deLeu
10 es per cent OF the population OF me couIleiy
nav become as common ana as cheap IN our mar
kets mutton . 49, v,e.t snrnlv Of
the country and bring this class OF 1909 Wills Wills
should not be hampered by laws Wn 9 ~ sS
initiate against the raising ana nlarAst4ts % "a
prod1clnr ANIMALS with honest InoCge 70
better Conditions. equitable laws could Ds - "a
which would benefit producers coLsuAnSiS' 04io
~sa The man behind the sporting flns.