86 HOOFED ANIMALS 



STATE 1908 1909 1910 



Maine 15,000 15,879 15,000 



New Hampshire (a) (a) (a) 



Vermont 2,700 4,736 3,649 



New York 6,000 9,000 9,000 



New Jersey . . . (a) 120 



Pennsylvania 500 500 800 



Michigan 9,076 6,641 13,347 



Wisconsin 11,000 6,000 6,000 



Minnesota 6,000 6,000 3,147 



West Virginia 107 51 49 



Maryland 16 13 6 



Virginia 207 210 224 



North Carolina (a) (a) (a) 



South Carolina 1,000 (a) (a) 



Georgia (a) 367 369 



Florida 2,209 2,021 1,526 



Alabama 152 148 132 



Mississippi 411 458 500 



Louisiana 5,500 5,470 5,000 



Massachusetts (a) (a) 1,281 



Total 59,878 57,494 60,150 



(a) No statistics available. 



DAMAGES BY DEER. Now that protection is making 

 white-tailed deer numerous in well-settled farming districts 

 of several New England states (Vermont, Massachusetts 

 and Connecticut), and in New York, we begin to hear of 

 damages to crops and gardens. The author is proud to 

 be able to say that in Putnam County, New York, his 

 family garden is annually visited and browsed by real wild 

 deer. 



The answer to all questions that may be raised, any- 

 where, regarding private damages by public deer may be 

 found in the fixed policy of the state of Vermont. In that 

 state the deer population is so great that many cases of real 



