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S|T'' Deer Farming IN THE United States i CSy D.&.LANTZ i| \U.S. BIOLOGICAL SURVEY That the nmm§ pevea ed href and mutton m the United Stairs ran be partially orrr- | came by rmmmg dorr for mnm. u wsmmtwmad hy Dr. C. Hart Herriam. chief of the Uni ?'<2 * *: 5. Knty Arcarciuf to Dr .V-rrwn dt meat can Iff produced cheaper tnom • or -'.item tn many Motions '•* the United States and m.th comparatively little 'f 'I si ■ pest**.-Is : make raising .err *or as pr ntable as any other livestock indus try Eteryeesa who ham aeon the large numbers of d*er browsing on private estates in Eng . l • : as r_.“ r snd sheep troncert why in.encan enterprise has not long since dei*’ ’ e-ee^-.ng deer *yr food ia this ct un try £. • C.RAI. of ceer ur* failed for breeding in en ■rlneur** In the l" lilted State* the axis deer the Japanese at; Pekin i!tu the red and the taikm deer of Europe, and especially the Rocky Mountain elk. or wapiti, and the Virginia deer While experiment with the foreign eperiee tamed : iffer every promise J of aacrea* tr the owners of V Amed-as preserves. the elk and V 'gmix deer are ree ommet te-i aa haw tdaj ed for the production of eesiaoe ft the Tatted State* The ftxrrr of venlaoa i* iteOnrtlve. though ft •ucgoasa mutton rather than beef is chemical oo-t^w •:« St is very similar to beef A lean I«*n>on reose be»ore nnakrllg has been found to contain h an averts TS per cent at ■ *•-*■ J| per ‘'estt of protein or n'tr*g*—..us material end 2 per cent eg fat. a lean beef rump. some CS to T# Ier rent of water *r- to 22 r cent of pro •eta and 1 tr !« jet cen* of fat. and a lean leg I of moroc «" per cent of water. 11 per cent of protein and IS per cent of fat The general popularity of w»!vot <a so great and the demand for it ao widespread that over ptwdwervm is tmffrobsMc The other firodocr# of tbs deer —skins and boms are of considerable importance aad In roen'rtes where deer are abun dant and aspeetel'y where large herds are kept in aems :omeatiraxiou. the commerce In both is very extensive The wapiti, known generally s® America as the elk. ia next to the soon the largest of our deer It wa» once abundant ovvr the greater part of the ftired Sta'e* whence :ta rxt.gr extended north •*rd to about la'ltude V> degree* In the Peace rtver region of the interior of Canada. In the ’‘aite; r't'.** the limits of its range eastward were the Actrwndacfca western New Jersey and inatsrs Pennsylvania, southward St reached th» southern Al'agheniw. northern Texas, southern New Mexico and Artxoua. and aestward the Pa efite oceaa. Af tie present ttae the elk are found only a a f»w oronsfwd toralfles outside of the Tel tow»tone Nat.onal park and the mountainous country surr»/endiug p a here large herds remain. *tx. *r b»-4# atm occur S* Colorado. wwt«i Mcavlana Idaho eas-ern Oregon. Manitoba A! berta Brirlst Co: umbta and the const mountains f Washington, Oregon and northwestern Califor ate. A bond of the small California valley elk »::2 mtah •* the southern part of the San Joa sum valley Th* harda thaf vrritef in the Tellowstone Nation*- park and in winter spread southward is: esvward te Wy^rn tg ere said to number abocr 2* Wf* tend and const!* ut* the only large ‘wads of this nob> game animal that are left A ' tr* r i jro*ec2ed in their summer rang** and ;wrtia.»y *aJ-xn*erded from destruction in winter by th* at*:* of Wyoming, there is yet gr«-at dan ger that theee her is may perish from lack of food •a a la^wsos of severe winter* Partial pro riskoe ' .r winter ‘-cage hna been made within th* am mal park but the supply is Inadequate for 'he i-r- number* of animate ffurther safegruarn* nre needed bn place the Wyoming elk her is be* rood '-he ranch Of winter starvation in a: : .* t * * m* 1 her s * there I* a con alterable sumi-er f elk in pel v ate game preserve# and twrka aa wen as la nearly ail the public ro •rcgtcal park* and garden* of th:» country. The her-;* m captivity form the nucleus from which, under alee management. some of the former ranges of til* aatmai may restorked aad from which a prufrable business of growing e!fc venj. •an for uiiraet may be developed At the pres eat - # This species affords a most premising firld for venter** la breeding for profit Tr* eik is both a browsing and a grxxing an! ma »tfl* it eat# grasses freely and has been cs* * - to subsist er*'.reiy opera pasture, it seems to prefer a mixture of gras* and trowwe T:e elk is eotremely polygamous The adult km..# sbed their anier* uaaClr in March or A;t. and res ones attain their full site is about b day* Th* *veivet* adheres until about As gust White th* boms arv growing the bulls usu ally *w< solitary h*«s bat early in September • hex *ae horns are fully matured, the mating ■east' begin# Ftgh's for supremacy then take placr fin; tbs svtor tax** rhu|to( as many ctws a* he can round up an! control. Although the eik is leas prolific than the com mow deer and roe otter >perries tViet have* Seen bred is parks it tarr<-a*es fully as rapidly t* the common mg oeer of Europe Moreover, it makea op far say teen of fecundity by its supenar har diness and ease of management u Las bees am ehmatiaad is many parts of th* world and shows th* same ngcr aad bar dines* wherever it has been trass* tented la Europe it las bees sue ceswfuCy I'g'imsd with the Altai wapiti and the rad leer aad ia both nstaaces the offspring were v.;ent* m *-** and stamina to the native Monk. The 5«: of the aU_ although somewhat coarse, la ie;etvr la fiavor to moot rnlsn That of th* bafte Is lx Its heat condition about th* time the veivet is abed is October their fi-sh is in the jteuswnt nocem. As the ope* season far elk la nsnaay is Ortobcr and November and only t ails are kilted, it toitens that hooters often ob HERO or DOMESTIC ATEO VIRGINIA DEER. in the same pasture with sheep and goats. An elk is the natural en emy of dogs and wolves. We suffered great losses to our flocks until we learned this fact; since then we have had no loss from that cause. A few elk in a thousand acre pasture will abso lutely protect the flocks therein. Our own dogs are so well aware of the danger in our elk park that they cannot be in duced to enter it,” Elk thrive best in preserves having a va riety of food plants— grasses, bushes and trees. Rough lands, well watered with clear streams and having some forested area, are ' tfv JSPn TTesniy killed. but should be •rfs hanging for four or five days before it is uRed With few exceptions the early attempts to domesticate elk were made by men who were wealthy enough to disregard all thought of profit in raising them They were usually placed under the care of servants and the bucks were left un asrrated until thev became old and unmanage able Soon the serious problem of controlling t^em outweighed the novelty of their possession and one by one the attempts at domestication were abandoned. A desire to preserve this important game ani mal has caused a renewal of attempts to breed it in confinement and at present there are small herds under private ownership in many places In the I n.Ted States. The biological survey has re cently ctrained much information from owners of herds in regard to their experience in breeding and rearing the animals and also their opinions as to the possibility of making the business of rising them profitable. Of about a dozen suc cessful breeders nearly all are of the opdnion that raising elk for market can be made rerou n- ra-:-. e if pr«-«ent laws as to the sale of the meat are modified One especially Important fact has t*een devel oped by the reports from breeders. It is that the elk readi’y adapts Itself to almost any environ ment Even within the narrow confines of the paddocks of the ordinary zoological park the ani mal does well and increases so that periodically the herds have to be reduced by sales. The fullest reports that have been received by the department of agriculture from breeders of elk are from George \V Russ of Eureka Springs. Ark Mr Russ has a herd of 34 elk. They have ample range In the Ozarks on rough land covered with hardwood forests and abundant underbrush. Tee animals improve the forest by clearing out part of the thicket. They feed on buds and leaves tc a height of eight feet and any growth under Tiia is liable to be eliminated if the range is un restricted If not closely confined elk <io not eat the bark from trees nor do they eat evergreens. It clearing out underbrush from thickets they are more useful than goats, since they browse higher. Coats, however, eat closer to the ground, and as the two animals get along well together Mr Russ recommends the use of both for clear ing up brushy land and fitting it for tame grasses. The increase of ek under domestication 1* erual to that of cattle. Fully 90 per cent, of the females produce healthy young. An adult male e'k weighs from 700 to 1.000 pounds; a female from 000 to 000 pounds. The percentage of dreased meat is greater than with cattle, but. owing to hostile game laws, experience in mar keting it la very limited An offer of 40 cents a pound for dressed meat was received from St. Lonls. hut the law would not permit its export. Mr Russ aays: "From the fact that as high as $1.50 a pound has been paid for the meat In New York city and Canada and that the best hotels and restaurants pronounce It the finest of all the meats of mam mals. we are of the opinion that If laws were such that domesticated elk meat could be fur nished it would be many years before the supply would make the price reasonable compared with other meats. Elk meat can be produced in many aectloes of this country at leas cost per pound tnan beef, mutton or pork." Mr Russ thinks that large areas of rough lands In the I'nited States not now utilized, espe cially is localities like the Ozarks and the Alle ghenies. could be economically used to produce venison for sale and he regards the elk as espe cially suited for this purpose. Another feature of Mr. Russ's report is of more than passing interest. He says: "We find from long experience that cattle, sheep and goats can be grazed in the same lots with elk. providing, however, that the lots or tnelosures are not small: the larger the area the better. We know of no more appropriate place to call attention to the great benefit of a few elk well adapted to their needs. About ^as many elk can be kept on such a range as cattle on an equal area of fair pasture. There should be thickets enough to furnish winter browse, but this should be supplemented by a supply of winter forage. Except when deep snows cover the ground, elk will keep in good condition on ordinary pasture and browse, but a system of management that pro vides other food regularly will be found more sat isfactory. Hay and com fodder are excellent win ter forage, but alfalfa hay has proved to be the best dry food for both elk and deer. Elk are much less nervous than ordinary deer and less disposed to jump fences. When they escape from an enclosure they usually return of their own accord. If tame, they may be driven like cattle. Ordinarily a five-foot fence of any kind will confine elk. The cost of stocking an elk preserve is not great. Usually surplus stock from zoological parks or small private preserves may be obtained at low cost, varying with the immediate demand for the animals. The Virginia or whltetail deer Is the common deer of the United States. Including the half dozen geographic races that occur within our bor ders. it Is distributed over most of the country, except Nevada and the major portions of Utah. Arizona. Washington. Oregon and California. It is extinct in Delaware and practically so In a num ber of stales in the middle west. South of our borders a number of closely related species occur. In view of the wide natural range of the Vir ginia deer, its adaptability to nearly all sections of the United States cannot be doubted. Testimony as to its hardiness in parks and preserves is not so unanimous as that concerning the elk; but the general experience of breeders is that with suitable range, plenty of good water and reasonable care in winter, raising this deer for stocking preserves or for venison may be made as profitable as any other live-stock Industry. Not only do deer thrive on land unsuited for cattle or horses, but. like elk. they may be raised to great advantage in brushy or timbered pastures fully stocked with cattle or horses, as the food of deer rarely Includes grass. Advocates of the Angora goat Industry state that within the United States there are 250.000.000 acres of land not suited to tillage or to the pasture of horses, cattle or sheep, which are well adapted to goats. Much of this land is suited also to deer and elk and can be utilized for these animals with less Injury to the forest cover than would result from browsing by goats. \ irginia deer have often been bred In parks for pleasure or In large preserves for sport, but the economic possibilities In raising them have re ceived litUe attention. Recently breeders have recognized the fact that they are profitable under proper management and would be much more so were conditions for marketing live animals and venison more favorable. The chief obstacle to profitable propagation of deer In the United State* is the restrictive char acter of state laws governing the killing, sale and transportation of game. Many of the states, fol lowing precedent, lay down the broad rule that all the game animals in the state, whether resident or migratory, are the property of the state. A few states except game afllmals that are ’under pri vate ownership legally acquired.” The laws concerning the season for killing and the sale of deer are often equally embarrass ing to those who would produce venison for profit. The owner of domesticated deer cannot legally kill his animals except in open season. Instead of hampering breeders by restrictions, as at present, state laws should be so modified as to encourage the raising of deer, elk and other animals as a source of profit to the individual and to the state. it is believed that with favorable legislation much otherwise waste land in the United States may be utilized for the production of venison so as to yield profitable returns and also that this excellent and nutritious meat, instead of being denied to i*S per cent, of the population of the country may become as common and as cheap in our markets as mutton. Welcoming In The New Year to ft *m st flsrtts's tts: tw conic siiy trfIKisst nsoas af scmag ncUun* tot cSscusrs• w Arts* after sine c clock at S*« Tsar a rte artgtsstcA Ts if. s Ulut M ail m \c» Y«sr • •»» »• «*<*&; tket joai **t ate yoa must drink what joe are told, de Julian Street la Everybody* Notice* to this effect ara posted in ike cafe. Does this strike you as re markable effrontery T Let me tell you that It Is not more remarkable th»« the abject apathy with which Broad way receives to. Martins, and other Broadway restaurants which have copied the device, are almost always packed with eager spenders. I know a man who went to Mar ti*'* three weeks before last Decem ber Ji to reserve a table for that night of nights. "Give me your order now,*' said a bead waiter, “and 1 will see what can be done about lt“ In other words, he might have said: “If you agree to spend enough money you may come.** 1 passed a New Year's eve in Mar tin's once. No one seemed to mind drinking ‘nothing but champagne.” They not only drank champagne, but spilled it on the tables and the floor Many new acquaintances were mad* ; night—and forgotten the next ! day. Everyone was kind, indulgent Now and then some one stood upot i» table and bayed at the moon. Every body seemed good-natured, and al most everybody seemed drunk. But then, you must remember. It Is not thought good form, in Lobster Palact society, to be anything but drunk 01 New Year’s eve. r is ww-wiilr PRESIDENT’S NEW SECRETARY Charles ll. Norton, the new secretary to the president, had been bolding down the Job of "buf fer" of the Taft administration only a few day's until he "buffed" Francis Burton Harrison. Demo crat. and member of congress out of the White House in a huff. The secretary to the president la there to do Just that sort of thing and Mr. Norton did it with such ease that two other members of the Empire state delegation who were present did not 'know that Mr. Harrison had been "buffed." The story of the clash between the president and the New York congressman is not the sub ject of discussion for this short sketch, but suffice it to say that criticism by Mr. Harrison of the presidential action in connection with the B«llmcer-Pinchot row made the New York cob pressman persona non grata at the White House and Mr. Norton was the one who told him so. Mr. Norton only a short time ago succeeded Fred W. Carpenter to tbw office of secretary to the president. He had been serving as an assistant secretary of the treasury when President Taft selected him as the "buffer." Mr. Carpenter had expressed a desire, so some Washington newspaper cor respondents expressed It. of being minister to Morocco. Why anybody would desire to give up the job of secretary to the president to go to Morocco ts hard to tell, but that is what some of the accounts of Mr. Carpenter's retire ment from the White House said. Others said It was because the president had found that Mr. Carpenter wasn't quite big enough for the "buffing'’ job. The secretary to the president must know who the president wants to see and who he doesn't. Conseqpently when Mr. Harrison came In Mr. Nor ton turned him aside. When Grover Cleveland was president Daniel lament was the force to be reckoned with. Then came McKinley, who had Mr. George B. Cortelyou. Following Cortelyou came William I.oeb. It has been said that Mr. lamont was the ideal secretary and there has been much praise of Cortelyou. Loeb probably had the hardest job of any of them, for he had a different sort of master to serve as a “bufTer" for Roosevelt, the strenuous. Mr. Norton Is in his fortieth year. He was born in Winnebago county, Wis.. at what is now Oshkosh, and is the son of the Rev. Franklin B. Nor ton. a Congregational frontier missionary. From his early manhood until he became assistant secretary of the treasury last year he was identified with the Nothwestern Mutual Life Insurance company, first at the home office in Milwaukee, later at Chicago in partnership with A. W. Kimball, becoming sole general agent there In 1905 upon Mr. Kimball s death. He has all the qualities of a good secretary. RIPLEY ACTIVE RAIL CHIEF Edward Parson Ripley, president of the Atchi son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company, is about the busiest railroad chief in this country. Whenever anything big Is going on among the railroads, especially those In the west, Mr. Rip ley is pretty sure to be found right in the front rank. Recently the western railroads considered it necessary to increase their freight rates and bad everything ready to do so when President Taft took a hand. As a result of presidential inter ference Judge Dyer of the t'nited States district court Issued an injunction restraining the roads from raising the prices for which they would haul freight. Several of the railroad chiefs, among them Mr. Ripley, E. A. Delano, president of the v\ a basb and S. M. Felton, president of the Great Western met In Chicago They decided to take the matter up with the president personally at the White House and were received In conference with Mr. Taft. As a result of the meeting It was agreed that the Injunction suit would be withdrawn and that the roads wonld not attempt to Increase the rates. * It was not President Ripley's first Important visit to the White House. He was there more than once when the railroad rate bfll was before congress and caused such a big fight. The president of the Santa Fe had the confi dence of Theodore Roosevelt and he wielded hts influence In the interests ol the stockholders of the Santa Fe. Mr. Ripley was horn In Dorchester. Mass.. 55 years ago and after being graduated from the high school there began railroad work as a clerk for the Pennsylavnta Railroad company. His work was of such splendid char acter that he soon gained promotion to New England agent then general eastern agent. From the Pennsylvania Mr. Ripley went to the Burlington, serving first as traffic manager and then general manager. From 1890 to 1895 he was third vice-president of the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul road and In 1896 became president of the Santa Fe. which has steadily improved and grown under his guidance. BARRETT'S PRAISE OF GIRLS John Barrett, diplomat, author, one time re porter. editor and war correspondent and a great believer in the future of South America, turned his attention from the affairs of the Latin repub lics long enough a few days ago to give some advice to the fair girl graduates of the land. Mr. Barrett was speaking to the graduating class of Belcourt seminary In Washington, but his words could well be taken to heart by every young woman who is leaving school this year to enter upon her battle of life. He said the women of the world have their eyes on the American girl and are watching every ^tep of her progress; they look upon her as a model aftei*~»hom they may pattern with profit. He said the young women of this coun try should at all times prove themselves worthy ; or mis trust wnicn me women tn me other countries of the world are placing In them. The young woman, he averred, who leaves a Washington seminary j should, upon her return home, do her best to exercise her influence for good upon the community In which she resides. This, it was explained, does not mean that she should enter politics, but rather that she should do all tn i her power in meeting men who direct affairs to Impress upon them their 1 duty to their country, 6tate and city. The Washington seminary girl, Mr Barrett continued, has the advantage over gtrla educated tn other parts of the country of having seen the ma chinery of one of the greatest governments in the world. If she travels, he said, she should take advantage of the opportunity to learn at all points. ! so that when she returns home she may have profited by her Journeys. Mr. Barrett has been director of the International Bureau of American Republics since 190« and has never lost an opportunity of talking about Its work and the good that is to be attained through closer relationship between the United States and the Latin American republics. | SUCCESSOR TO GOV. HUGHES When Gov. Charles E. Hughes retires in Oc tober to become a member of the Cnlted States Supreme court. Lieutenant Governor White will become the chief executive of the Empire state Meutenant Governor White ts only forty-four years old. His father was Horace K. White, a member of a distinguished Syracuse family. An- ■ drew D. White, ex-president of Cornell university and former ambassador to Russia and to Ger many. U his uncle. He U a lawyer by profes sion. He has been active In the Republican party ever since he attained his majority. He has fought his party’s battles on the stump in nearly every state and national convention for the last 20 yean. In 1898 he was chairman of the Re publican state convention which nominate Th^ dor* Roosevelt for governor. White was first elected to the state senate in 1S95 and remained a member ot the upper house until his election aa lieu tenant governor two years ago. He eats by the clock and Bleeps by the clock. According to his friends, he to in deadly fear that pestiferous germs are lyic.- in wait for him and has adopted an elaborate system of safeguards to ward them off. •‘White would drive a span of wild hor^.s that Roosevelt would be ■cared to tackle, but the thought of a typhoid germ will make him Ue awake nights." said one ot his friends recently. Lieutenant Governor White is the best looking man in the senate. With hte good looks are Joined a gentleness of voice and demeanor, an unfailing courtesy, a precision of speech which frequently has been Interpreted as weakness by those at the capitol who have not had the same advantages of breeding and environment, but which never falls to captivate persons ol intellect and education. A USEFUL QUALITY. «*r “This watch of mine ts absolutely waterproof " "That is a great idea. It will not hurt the works when you 'soak' It.." A Protaction Against the Heat. When you begin to think It's a par coo a) matter between you and the sun to see which is the hotter, buy your self a glass or a bottle of Coca-Cola. It Is cooling—relieves fatigue and quenches the thirst. Wholesome as the purest water and lots nicer ».* drink. At soda fountains ar.d car bonated in bottles—5c everywhere Send 2c stamp for booklet "The Truth About Coca-Cola" and the Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910. The latter contains the famous poem Casey At The Bat,” records, schedules for both leagues, and other valuable baseball Information compiled by au thorities. Address The Coca-Cola Co-, Atlanta. Ga According to Her Count. "Yes.” said the young wife; "Philip and 1 have lived together a whole year, and we re never had the slight est quarrel.” "What are you talking about! You and Philip were married seven years ago!" "To be sure we were, but you forget that he's a traveling salesman." How’s This? Wf r-e-r Or* Hundred tV-U»r* Rrwvd tor •*» «■** c4 CatarTfc Unl cannot b* cv_-*d by Bails Caiarrn Cure. F J. CHENEY A CO. TVH-d.v O. W*. th* undrmrned. have known F J career tor th* ui li rear* an* h*J*re -a r*rt*ot.v how «*b> tn a!I bijtm*** traiemruon* and SaanrWJly atM* to carry out ary obnauon mad* br ha trm. Vukw KiNvtN- a Mum. - W home* I-rocjata Ttkdo O. Ra~S Catarrh Cm* a Win wwraatty. KCUS Storetiy upon th* b .-od and cw«* «urt»tu» « can mrn. TruttmootaV wet tree, me* :s «•*** wf hot-.*. Soul by a!: Itrucyata I at* Ha- a Faaltr flto tor rootwattoa. Not Transferable. Miss A. had on a skirt of delicate fawn color, which the others coveted. "Do bequeath that skirt to me. Miss A„" said one friend: “it matches a waist of mine exactly “ "1 don't see what yon want of this old skirt." Miss A. replied. "It's on Ita last legs now."—Success Magazine. Important to Motnora Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA. a safe and sure remedy tor Infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of < In Use For Over 90 Tears. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Good Scheme. “It's a shame." commented the friend of the restaurant proprietor. “What's a shame T" asked the ree taurant man in surprise. “Why. that you should give that pretty waitress all the tough steaks for the patrons at her table." “Oh. I pay her extra for that. Ton see she Is so pretty not one man would kick if the steaks were so tough they pulled his teeth ouu“ Why He Whitewashed. A country doctor tells a story of a man mho moved into a dilapidated old cottage, and mas found by the doctor busily m-hitewashing it inside and out. "I'm glad to see you making this old place so nice and neat." said the physi clan, "it's been an eyesore in the neighborhood for years." "'Tain'* nothing to me about eyesores," mas the reply. "The last couple what limed here had tmins three times, and I he pm whitewash is a good disinfectant. Ye see we've got ten children." Honored by the Governor. Effusive compliments have been paid to Governor Marshal! many times, but it remained for an old Iris* woman to cap the climax. The governor met her at a fuaem. which he attended the other day and she was full of reverence for the Icdi ana executive. “Ah." she said, "an' Tia the gum' nor." and she swallowed up the gom ernor's slim right hand in her csrs right hand, made large and muscular by many days of toil. “Yin, *tls the gur'nor. an' It's glad 1 am to see yn guv'nor. an' lndade the corpse ts hen ored by your priaince.'—Indianapolis Newa. f