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that could be expected from a domestic herd, 

 while the animals escape most of the dangers 

 incident to close captivity. But the breeder 

 who aims at the ultimate domestication of the 

 animals, and whose herd approaches nearest to 

 true domesticity, will in the end be most suc- 

 cessful." 



Rearing wapiti for profit. Of the various 

 kinds of deer, native and foreign, with which 

 one might stock a range or park, the most prof- 

 itable, at any rate in the eastern or central 

 parts of the country, would be elk (wapiti) and 

 white-tailed deer. Breeding-stock of both these 

 species is most easy to get, both are hardy in 

 various climates and each has been tried by ob- 

 servant experimenters. 



The best ground for an enterprise of this 

 kind is precisely that of least value otherwise, 

 a rough tract, well watered and having some 

 high nut-bearing timber and much brush with 

 grassy spaces among it. Deer are both brows- 

 ers and grazers the elk eating grass much 

 more freely than the whitetail. (Of course 

 the two would not be herded together.) "Where 

 deep snow does not cover the ground for long 



