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NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



State of New Hampshire, Executive Department, 



Lancaster, February 7, 1902. 

 Mr. Secretary: In answer to yours of 3d instant, as to buffalo in 

 New Hampshire, I have to sa} 7 that none exist except in Blue Moun- 

 tain Park, founded by the late Austin Corbin and now owned by his 

 heirs. In that I am told there are from 90 to 100. A letter to the 

 superintendent, Newport, N. H., would doubtless bring* one telling 

 you of the exact number. 

 Most respectfully, 



Chester B. Jordan, Governor. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the In terior, Washington , D. C. 



Newport, N. H., February 12, 1902. 

 Dear Sir: Yours of the 10th received. In reply will say that I 

 have this day forwarded } 7 our letter to George S. Edgell, 192 Broad- 

 way, New York City, as he, Mr. Edgell, being one of the owners of 

 the Blue Mountain Park, can answer your inquiry in regard to buffalo 

 better than I can. 



Yours, truly, Geo. M. Woodbury, 



Superintendent Blue Mountain Park. 



Hon E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the Interior, Washington,!). C. 



The Blue Mountain Forest Association, 



New York, February H, 1902. 



My Dear Mr. Hitchcock: Your esteemed favor of the 10th instant 

 (addressed to the superintendent of Blue Mountain Park, Newport, 

 N. H.), inclosing copy of the Senate resolution of January 30, has 

 duly reached me. 



Replying, I am happ} T to say that we have in our Blue Mountain 

 Forest Park, Sullivan County, N. H., a herd of 110 pure-blood buffalo, 

 which is increasing steadily. 



We had rather bad luck last spring in losing some of the calves, but 

 I think it arose from the fact that the cows were not properly fed 

 before being turned out. The year before there were 23 calves born 

 on the range, of which we saved 22. 



Some six years ago the late Mr. Corbin loaned to the city of New 

 York 25 buffalo for exhibition at the Zoological Park, but on account 

 of insufficient range, improper food and treatment, as near as we can 

 judge, the experiment proved disastrous. About one-half of the num- 

 ber died. The others did not appear to be in a healtlry condition, and 

 fearing that they might contaminate our larger herd, we had them 



