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that could be expected from a domestic herd, 
while the animals escape most of the dangers 
incident to close captivity. But the breeder 
who aims at the ultimate domestication of the 
animals, and whose herd approaches nearest to 
true domesticity, will in the end be most suc- 
cessful.’’ 
Rearing wapiti for profit. Of the various 
kinds of deer, native and foreign, with which 
one might stock a range or park, the most prof- 
itable, at any rate in the eastern or central 
parts of the country, would be elk (wapiti) and 
white-tailed deer. Breeding-stock of both these 
species is most easy to get, both are hardy in 
various climates and each has been tried by ob- 
servant experimenters. 
‘The best ground for an enterprise of this 
kind is precisely that of least value otherwise, 
—a rough tract, well watered and having some 
high nut-bearing timber and much brush with 
grassy spaces among it. Deer are both brows- 
ers and grazers—the elk eating grass much 
more freely than the whitetail. (Of course 
the two would not be herded together.) Where 
deep snow does not cover the ground for long 
