CHAPTER IX 
REINDEER FOR LABRADOR 
~ By W. T. GRENFELL 
Ir 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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