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neighbor's farm, fed all summer that I know of. Now, 

 there are twenty-five in that same park and only a mile 

 away there were forty seen in one meadow day before yes- 

 terday. That is sixty-five deer on the premises, and I know 

 that three miles south of me is another herd where there 

 have been over 150 feeding and harboring there and going 

 down into the valley to feed at night and destroying the 

 farmers' vegetables and vegetation. Ten years ago there 

 wasn't a deer there, hadn't been one seen. "What are we go- 

 ing to do with the deer? 



Pres. Buy a shot gun. 



Mr. Race. Shoot them? 



Pres. Yes. Use a rifle or anything. 



Mr. Race. You can't catch them to shoot them. You 

 have got to shoot them nights. Out of these 16 deer there 

 were 7 shot on my premises. There wasn't one shot in the 

 day time. They were shot from seven o'clock at night un- 

 til two o'clock in the morning, and as it was a week of dark 

 nights it was pretty dangerous business. Three hunters lay 

 out in the cold and shot them, that I know of. From my 

 own personal experience I wish they had shot the whole 

 herd. The state of Massachusetts would do a wise thing to 

 dc away with the game and the game wardens and save 

 money, and the farmers would be better off. 



Mr. Clark. I think we had better do the same as a 

 friend of mine did. He wrote the Governor to come and get 

 his dam deer and take them home. (Laughter and ap- 



plause). 



Mr. Wilder. In addition it is suggested that the Asso- 

 ciation could persuade the Massachusetts sportsmen to buy 

 the fruit orchards (Laughter and applause). 



Mr. Copeland. We read that the deer don't do any 

 damage, but two years ago this winter in the town of Ash- 

 field a herd was discovered with 32. My daughter took 

 snapshots of them and if I remember she got 18 in one pic- 

 ture. You put in 32 sheep in an orchard and they won't 

 do as much damage as 32 deer will. 



A Member. I should like to change the subject. Can 

 we hear from Question 21? The question is, "Has the time 

 come when growers should unite to pack and sell their fruit 

 through an association ? 



Pres. You hear the question. Is Mr. Castner in the 



