LAST August Mr. Ellwood Wilson, Superintendent of the 

 Forestry Division of the Laurentide Company, Grand 

 Mere, Quebec, purchased twelve reindeer from Dr. 

 Grenfell, the main herd at that time being at St. Anthony, 

 Newfoundland. Mr. Wilson got the deer safely into the St. 

 Maurice Valley after considerable delay, caused by the war, 

 but one of the deer was so badly injured on shipboard that it 

 died some time after. Four deer were sent to a timber depot 

 and three of them died, possibly from lack of experience on 

 the part of those in whose charge they were. Mr. Wilson, 

 therefore, had the remaining eight deer, three bucks and five 

 does, brought into the town of Grand Mere, and located in a 

 wooded lot adjoining the nursery. Mr. Wilson's idea is that 

 the deer have been allowed to become wild since being brought 

 from Lapland, and his aim is to domesticate them and keep 

 them accustomed to the presence of man. When this has 

 been attained he sees great possibilities for their use in north- 

 ern lumber camps to take the place of dogs, which are vicious 

 and very subject to mange, and he also thinks that the Indians 

 might learn to herd them, thus becoming possessed of a sup- 

 ply of food and clothing, besides having a beast of burden 

 which will find its own food summer and winter. 



THE MINNESOTA FOREST SERVICE EXHIBIT AT THE 



FAIR. 



The Minnesota Forest Service will exhibit at the State Fair 

 this fall as usual. The management of the exposition wrote 

 to The Forester some time ago, asking if the department 

 would put on one as good as last year, giving the reason for 

 his inquiring that the space allotted to the Service was very 

 valuable, the Fair Association having received several flatter- 

 ing offers for it. They stated, however, that they would gladly 



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