Arizona, Washington, Oregon, and California. It is extinct in 

 Delaware and practically so in a number of States in the Middle 

 West. South of our borders a number of closely related species 

 occur. 



In view of the wide natural range of the whitetail deer, its adapt- 

 ability to nearly all sections of the United States can not be doubted. 

 Testimony as to its hardiness in parks and preserves is not so unani- 

 mous as that concerning the wapiti; but the general experience of 

 breeders is that with suitable range, plenty of good water, and reason- 



FiG. 2. — Herd of domesticated Virginia deer belonging to R. H. Harris. Clarkesville. Tex. 



able care in winter, raising this deer for stocking preserves or for 

 venison may be made as profitable as any other live-stock industry. 

 Xot only do deer thrive on land unsuited for cattle or horses, but, 

 like elk, they may be raised to great advantage in brushy or timbered 

 pastures fully stocked with cattle or horses, as the food of deer rarel}^ 

 includes grass. 



Advocates of the Angora goat industry state that within the United 

 States there are 250,000,000 acres of land not suited to tillage or to 

 the pasture of horses, cattle, or sheep, which are well adapted to goats. 

 Much of this land is suited also to deer and elk, and can be utilized 



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