CHAPTER IX 



REINDEER FOR LABRADOR 

 BY W. T. GRENFELL 



IT has been shown that almost all species of deer are 

 susceptible to domestication, and that under intelligent 

 management they can be raised for a profit. Venison is 

 chemically almost identical with beef, and when in good 

 condition is fully as nutritious. It is palatable, and fetches 

 a good price in the market, twenty-five to thirty cents per 

 pound being no uncommon price in the larger cities. 

 The horns and hide are also valuable. 



The range of many of the most valuable deer was once 

 far wider than at present, and there are vast sections of 

 the earth now lying useless which could with ease support 

 herds of these valuable food-producing animals, if anything 

 approaching the energy and capital expended on the im- 

 provements and propagation of vegetable food-supplies 

 were devoted to them. 



In the course of ages the upheavals and subsidences of 

 the earth's surface have made new countries with environ- 

 ments suitable for deer; yet these lands are untenanted 

 by deer solely because large tracts of water have isolated 

 the lands and left barriers impassable for the animals. 

 In this way vast areas now lie vacant which could 

 nurture many of these animals for the service of man. 

 Peary's discovery of the white reindeer which are maintain- 



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