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KEEPING DEER.—PEDIGREES OF PEDRO AND FORTUNE. 
would have stamped a character upon our fine 
wooled flocks which would have been of inesti¬ 
mable value to the country. We understand that 
it is Mr. Collins’ intention to replace Grandee by 
another direct importation from Europe. 
KEEPING DEER. 
In order to keep deer in a thriving and healthy 
state, their enclosure ought not to be stocked to 
exceed three animals to the acre: that is to say, 
for a herd of 30 animals, including young and old, 
the park should embrace at least 10 acres. Deer 
require a large range, and however small the herd, 
we would not confine them to an enclosure less 
than 5 acres; and when it is less than 30 acres or 
so, and the herd exceeds two deer to the acre, 
they should be shifted every little while to a differ¬ 
ent enclosure. For example, if we had 20 deer, 
and we were under the necessity of confining them 
within pretty close limits, we would give them the 
range of an enclosure of 10 acres for four months, 
then shift them to another for four months, and 
thus continue from year to year. The park should 
be a dry soil, with a clear stream of water running 
through it, and contain sufficient pasture to keep 
the deer during the summer, and several acres of 
wood land of a mixture of large and small trees 
and some thick underbrush for browsing, as they 
are extremely fond of this. We have been told by 
those highiy experienced in keeping deer, that if 
they can not have an opportunity of browsing du¬ 
ring the winter and spring, they soon become dis¬ 
eased, and droop and die. If the fence be a stone 
or brick wall, it should be at least 6 feet high; if 
of wood, 7 or 8 feet, and made so close that a dog 
of over 20 lbs. weight can not get through it. 
The feed, housing, and general management of 
deer, may be like that of a flock of Merino sheep, 
save that their sheds should be erected in their 
parks, and their feed during winter be carried 
there to them. In addition to hay, which should 
be of the finer kinds of grass, they are very fond 
of corn stalks and blades. They may be fed corn 
or any sort of grain in a moderate quantity, though 
We have found oats and beans suit them best. 
They also like roots, cabbage, and any green food ; 
but in feeding these be careful not to give them so 
much as to make them scour. The'best method 
of salting them, as indeed all kinds of stock, is to 
put lumps of rock salt on the ground, or under 
their sheds in a low tub or box, so that they can 
come and lick it when they please. They require 
water in the winter as well as summer. The 
pasture part of their park should be moderately 
limed every two or three years, and when they 
are shifted out of it, a few cows may be turned in 
to eat up such grass as the deer reject, or cattle 
may run in the same pasture with them; a few 
geese may also be kept there, as they devour nox¬ 
ious weeds and grass which are inimical to the 
health of all animals. 
Deer are pretty pets, especially for the ladies. 
Sailing up the Hudson the past summer, we saw 
on a shady lawn fronting a beautiful cottage and 
sloping to the river, a fine little girl dressed in 
snowy white, gamboling with a pair of dappled 
fawns and an Italian greyhound. It was a charm¬ 
ing sight—each beautiful and graceful in its own 
nature, and full of the spirit and joy of life. 
When much noticed, deer become very fond of 
man, and are as affectionate as dogs. We have 
had them so tame as to delight in coming info 
the house, and even couching upon a bed ; and 
they would not only come at our call, and follow 
us all over the farm, but even along the pub¬ 
lic high road, regardless of other objects there. 
When not likely to be disturbed, they may run 
with the cattle at all seasons except that of breed¬ 
ing ; they should then be kept up in a strong en¬ 
closure by themselves, as the does at this time are 
apt to become a little wild, and the bucks are 
sometimes dangerous to approach. Large herds 
of deer are kept by gentlemen at the south and 
west, a few buffalo also and elk, and we shall be 
quite obliged to any of our friends more expe¬ 
rienced in keeping these animals than we are, to 
give us full particulars regarding them. We have 
seen herds of 1,500 deer, or more, in parks in Eng¬ 
land, where they have a range of several miles. 
It would be well to obtain bucks from some 
other herd for the young does, and in selecting 
them be careful to procure the largest, strongest, 
and finest. We should fat and make venison of 
all past 5 or 6 years old. 
PEDIGREES OF PEDRO AND FORTUNE. 
We respectfully solicit from Mr. Solomon W. 
Jewett of Vermont, and Mr. Henry S. Randall of 
New York, at their earliest convenience, the pedi¬ 
grees and breed of Mr. Jewett’s rams Pedro and 
Fortune, pictured and described in the present and 
late volumes of the Albany Cultivator. We also 
request Mr. Randall to inform us where the “pure 
Paulars in the United States, in the hands of va¬ 
rious individuals,” are to be found, of which he 
speaks at page 25 of the Cultivator, for 1844, as 
we greatly desire the <s satisfaction” of looking at 
and inspecting them. We likewise request Mr. 
Jewett to inform us, where the “ Simon Pure 
flock of 400 Paulars” can be seen, which he de¬ 
scribes in Vol. II., page 212, of the American Agri¬ 
culturist. We do not ask for the above informa¬ 
tion invidiously, but for the purpose of satisfying 
our own and others’ curiosity, and also to give 
Messrs. Jewett and Randall a full opportunity of 
proving, as they have asserted they could, that 
there are many pure Paular Merino sheep still to 
be found in the United States, whose pedigrees 
and breeding are indisputable. 
Deferred Articles.— The space which we are 
obliged to devote to the State Agricultural show 
at Poughkeepsie, has crowded out several articles 
which we had designed should find a place in this 
number. Among these is Agriculture in Scotland, 
No. 2; Blight in Pear Trees, &c., &c. 
Transmutation of Grain. —For a curious arti¬ 
cle on this vexed subject see Foreign Agricultural 
News, page 315. 
