The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-24

.,o, freshly killed. but should DC
is not pea s four or five days before II 10
used. . tho carly attempts TO
" IN o,l were made by men VIM ost
.son,+bv enough to disregard all tnoue rnder
:. ro,si,p them They were usually 49, loft IN.
49,. ooro If servants and the DUCKS " ,onsoe.
ao.+rated until they became ou az" CONTROLLING
oh1o Soon the serious proo'eAu ~ possession
them outweighed the noVel'S - domestication
a ono NV one the attempts a'
were abandoned .h,s innortant game AMI
"a .oreod q renewal Of attempts W o ,ou
=. l., confinement and at present 'ne ~1ocos in
II III oo nIar nrivate ownership in many piao w.
heros unu ctotes The biological survey ha ars
tne e+,,, obtained much information ion ,roeding
no,as in regard to their experience ~ oninions
" noorinp the animals and also 'he .,nose ~
a as to the possibility of making .ne dozen sue
ro,sinp them profitable vi apous ", tho opnion
S"t,,1 breeders nearly all are "a sn remu.
/. cess1ul III, FOR market can be mace 'eiu
q that iai'e osa,+ laws as to the sale OF 'he in''
nerative II presen' 40"
:, are modified o+or+ fact has been devei
D. od Nv the reports from breeders. ~ ,T environ
opeu W s,I,, adants itself to almost any -. ~,
Va elh io"I 49,, within the narrow cohhne' ~ ~,
"a meh, - the ordinary geological palA .n
er p aI doos we'll and increases 81 'nN ,
ge 49, herds have to be reduced Wy hoon receive
e. the ne s11est reports that have oeen rooda,
~ the iulos .ont If agriculture from oreeue'
hu by the depal .nien' cooree W. Russ OF Euref
an Springs, Ark ,u. - "a elk They hal
,od Mr.. Russ has heiu - .o,ob land cover
ro No range in the Ozarks on rough '@' nderbrus
hin amp ,rawood forests and abundant unu
for w,'n an,ma,s improve the forest oy ona 1eav
rds ant ~ the thicket They feea Oh Duu nouth md
he. p' ho,obt Of eight feet and any $40 &c
~ w.. =. liable to be eliminated IL ,ne %. de not
con Ill. ..o+od II not closely connneo en- 1orgree
rves 49, harx from trees nor 40 'ie' +hic,,ets Il
70 w clearing out underDrush n a;roo thew bro1
rhe III 'e ano useful than goats, since Wy Nv, rro,
are more ~, however, eat closer TO lne slo. .
AlSu, higher WV tu,o animals get along wen 'oeo y,
Iihei and as 'he wv the use of botn loi "
wont. Mi ,s brushv land and fitting II loi '"'I'
nras. Ing up -.oso of elk under domest'ca'iol
Using 80 - that of cattle. Fully ~ PEI od,,t =
equ", w. nroduce healthy young. IA, %,
All, le,na aiobs from 700 to l,OOo pounus ,,on+oof
ahr elk "e aen e. soO pounds. The percen."e>
non meat IS greater than WIN IN
'00 oie 20 hostile game laws eApei IN 20,
,au,t ,,".ins Il Is very limited All onel a;voa from
oh or no,nd for dressed meat was sarn,,t its es
about Louis but the Id"
II All Mr.. Russ says: a., o q 20 a T
s rsl. ourom the fact tnaI Do NO. vork cit
amher haen Maid for the meat In new io rsstar
has oee and that the best hotels ana of
take Canau~ It the finest Of all the muat ,avs
oows pronouno ore of the opinion that Jaw" b
m mans that domesticated elk me hato up the
COM such , would be many years before r
10 peen nlseu make the price reasonable eo in
'e the woua eats Elk meat can be proaut' uer
makes sections OF TINS 'ou rorb"
ior har. ron heef, mutton or PORK y,
,een &C. Mr.. Russ thinks Inc. - now utilized
It has an ,S IN localities like the ozarks sa anu to
,en sue caly could be economically a ,Sa elk
and the gnen.e0' for sale and he regards the GIN
ng were c,a,,y suited for tnls pul p0 .,,. renort
,e stock can, nother feature of MI RUSS rsp0'
It coarse, 80 than passing interest," ii0 4he+
at Of the " AND from long experien'.. ~, 60
time the W. w. coats can be grazeo ~ -. Tho
Is in the sneep ~, nroyiding, however, 'Aa tho
for elk with are not smaS the annyoprate
and only !hcioo We know OF no more app - ,
often OBJ De.'e. a..ont,on to the great peneA'
The meat cail