280 ANIMAL COMPETITORS 
In selecting herd-bucks an intelligent owner 
will naturally seek the best in all respects; and 
if this were carried out generally a greatly im- 
proved breed of deer would presently be de- 
veloped. 
The great hindrance in the way of instituting 
profitable enterprises in this much-to-be de- 
sired direction is the present condition of the 
laws relating to deer and venison, which have 
been made wholly with reference to sportsmen 
and pot-lhunters. These laws vary locally, but 
in every state, probably, must be modified to 
admit of deer-farming and the sale of its prod- 
ucts. Such modifications will probably take 
the form of licensing private deer-parks and 
breeding-farms, with a method of tagging the 
venison so that it can be easily identified. 
Some progress in this direction has already 
been made, and more will follow as the industry 
grows. 
A pest of wild horses. In some parts of the 
West bands of wild horses, derived from es- 
caped stock, roam over the thinly settled plains 
and hills, and threaten to become a serious nui- 
sance. The United States Forest Service re- 
