22 THE AMEKICAN BISON IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. 



I am informed by those who were familiar with the buffalo on the 

 plains that ours in captivity have increased in stature nearly or quite 

 10 per cent. Certainly the specimens we have are large and very line. 

 Our herd ranges over an area of about 22,000 acres from the time they 

 can find food in the early spring until the snow is on the ground. After 

 that time they are brought into smaller inclosures, where they are fed 

 with hay and kept in restraint until the following spring. 



I shall be pleased to answer any other questions you might suggest 

 if this does not give the desired information. 



Very sincerely, yours, Geo. S. Edgell, 



Secretary and Treasurer. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 



NEW JERSEY. 



State of New Jeksey, 

 Executive Department, February 6, 1902. 

 My Dear Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your 

 favor of February 3, requesting information as to whether the buffalo 

 in its natural state appears in the public parks or private herds in the 

 State of New Jersey. 



In repl} T , I beg to state that there are no buffalo in the State of New 

 Jersey in its natural state, nor do I know of any in the public parks 

 or private herds. 



Yours, very respectfully, 



Franklin Murphy. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 



NEW MEXICO. 



Territory of New Mexico, Office of the Executive, 



Santa Fe, February, 18, 1902. 



Mr. Secretary: I am in receipt of your letter of the 3d instant, 

 inclosing a copy of a resolution of the Senate dated the 30th ultimo, 

 calling upon you for certain information concerning the buffalo or 

 bison in the United States or the Dominion of Canada, with a view to 

 ascertaining what steps, if any, should be taken to preserve that 

 species of animal from extinction, and calling upon me for such 

 information as it may be possible to obtain regarding the Buffalo in 

 its natural state in the public parks or private herds throughout the 

 Territory of New Mexico. 



Upon a thorough investigation I am unable to find that there is a 

 single buffalo within the boundaries of the Territory of New Mexico. 



I have the honor to be, 



Your veiy obedient servant, 



Miguel A. Otero, 



Governor of New Mexico. 



The Secretary of the Interior, 



Washington, D. C. 



