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New York. — Deer may be sold during the open season ; and moose, 

 elk, caribou, and antelope from private parks may be sold during 

 the same period. Common carriers may transport animals into the 

 State for breeding purposes, but may not transport venison vmless it 

 is accompanied by the owner. 



North Carolina. — Seventeen counties permit the owner and keeper 

 of an inclosed game reserve, who raises deer for use or sale, to kill, 

 sell, or use those raised or kept in said inclosure. 



Pennsylvania. — Owners of game preserves who hold a game-propa- 

 gating certificate may sell and transport deer or fawn alive for 

 2)ropagating purposes only, after securing the written consent of the 

 president of the board of game commissioners. 



In three or four other States game under private ownership, 

 legally acquired," is supposed to be exempt from the general provi- 

 sions of the game law : but in a test case as to its sale or export it is 

 doubtful whether the courts would so hold without more specific pro- 

 vision legalizing such commerce. 



SUMMARY. 



The domestication of deer and elk offers an interesting field for 

 experiment, as well as remunerative returns for the investment of 

 capital. 



The wapiti and the Virginia deer can be raised successfully and 

 cheaply under many different conditions of food and climate. The 

 production of venison and the rearing of both species for stocking 

 parks ma}^ be made profitable industries in the United States. 



Instead of hampering breeders by restrictions, as at present, State 

 laws should be so modified as to encourage the raising of deer, elk, 

 and other animals as a source of profit to the individual and to the 

 State. 



Safeguards against the destruction and sale of wild deer in place 

 of domesticated deer are not difficult to enforce. For this pur- 

 pose a system of licensing private parks, and of tagging deer or 

 carcasses sold or shipped, so that they may be easily identified, 

 is recommended. 



It is believed that with favorable legislation much otherwise waste 

 land in the United States may be utilized for the production of veni- 

 son so as to yield profitable returns, and also that this excellent and 

 nutritious meat, instead of being denied to 99 per cent of the popu- 

 lation of the country, may become as common and as cheap in our 

 markets as mutton. 



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