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One hundred and twenty-five carcasses were sent up in cold 

 storage, and realized from twenty-five to seventy-five cents 

 a pound. 



We have now one thousand deer, having sold fifty, 

 killed over one hundred for meat for hospital, and lost one 

 hundred and fifty through straying, illegal killing, and acci- 

 dents. We have now given an option on four hundred of 

 the animals to a company that is proposing to start in 

 ranching on a commercial basis for the London and New 

 York markets. This is one of the ends which we most 

 desire, as it will give the industry that lasting hold on the 

 country which will ensure its permanence and extension, 

 without which, and the government backing such as is 

 given in Alaska, it must remain on a very small scale as a 

 mission enterprise. The experiment needs more money to 

 make it mature quickly, otherwise it must attain its 

 results very slowly. It is impossible to replace the dogs 

 till there are enough deer to take their place. Commercializ- 

 ing at once part of the scheme seems anyhow to us to be 

 absolutely essential unless more money can be placed behind 

 it in some other way. 



One exceedingly helpful circumstance is the advent to 

 Labrador of a large fur-farming concern. The great success 

 made of fox farming in Nova Scotia and Maine has en- 

 couraged this enterprise, and there is every prospect of its 

 becoming a great success. Small receiving stations have 

 been established all along the coast, and Mr. Clarence 

 Birdseye, the manager in charge, is creating a central farm. 

 He is a trained naturalist of proved ability, having done 

 three years' service in the field, under the Federal Govern- 

 ment at Washington. With characteristic energy he has 



