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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A MAGNIFICENT SET OF ANTLERS 



"Meagre appropriations have recent- 

 ly been made by the State of Wyoming 

 to feed them, but this has not proved 

 altogether successful and there is still 

 untold suffering and waste. It has been 

 suggested that some of these elk should 

 be transported to other ranges or put 

 on private estates where they will be 

 cared for. Divided up among the States 

 they would soon become a source of 

 profit. While in this present condition 

 they only excite pity and are practically 

 useless. 



MONTANA HERD SOLD IN ITALY 



"A large private herd in jMontana has 

 recently been sold in Italy, where they 

 will be set at liberty on preserves in the 

 mountains of the north. 



"Many American elk have been sent 

 to England and the continent of Eu- 



rope, where they have been crossed 

 with the European breeds, which has 

 very much improved them." 



The bill provides that anyone desir- 

 ing to engage in the raising or selling 

 of domesticated American elk, white 

 tail, red, fallow deer, roebuck or any 

 species of deer in an inclosed preserve 

 may do so upon receiving a license from 

 the State Game Warden. The license 

 fee is fixed at $5 to be retained by the 

 Game Warden, who upon being satis- 

 fied with the good faith of the appli- 

 cant shall issue a breeders' license. 



The license, it is provided, shall give 

 the breeder the right to raise and sell 

 for breeding purposes all species of 

 deer or to kill the animals at any time 

 and to sell the carcasses for food. When 

 the preserve is located in Washington, 

 Allegany or Garrett counties, the bill 

 provides that white tail deer killed upon 



