86 HOOFED ANIMALS 
STATE 1908 1909 1910 
Mam@u cue Grharsavioddssksase 15,000 15,879 15,000 
New Hampshire.......... ...... (a) (a) (a) 
Vermont 2.0008 aeenea ae ee 2,700 4,736. 3,649 
New York... ..... ...... : 6,000 9,000 9,000 
New Jersey........0 .. 0.000.000 ees (a) 120 
Pennsylvania...... ..... ...... 500 500 800 
Michigan... ............00 12... 9,076 6,641 13,347 
Wisconsin... .... 0......  ..ee. 11,000 6,000 6,000 
Minnesota....... 0.0.0... 2600. 6,000 6,000 3,147 
West Virginia.... ...... ..... 107 51 49 
Maryland... ...  ....  ..... 16 13 6 
Nitgiilts2o- eseln: Boake. <b 388s 207 210 Q24 
North Carolina........... Pere (a) (a) (a) 
South Carolina.... ...... 00 ..... 1,000 (a) (a) 
GeOPrgia a gaken Suzan ee (a) 367 369 
FIOM a eh. Sock ki Bee aes 2,209 2,021 1,526 
Alabama. . Beatin, TUR Mea tanh ten Mica 152 148 132 
Mississippi... ... 00 6. ..... ee eee 411 458 500 
Louisiana.... 20.0... 0. cee eee eee 5,500 5,470 5,000 
Massachusetts. . .............. (a) (a) 1,281 
‘TLotales.c53 tn ete 59,878 57,494 60,150 
(a) No statistics available. 
Damacses BY Drsrr.—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 
