July 14, 1922. 
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Sullys Hill 
Animals - Elk 
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_e M. Hogue, Sec., 
Game and Fish Board, 
Dak. 
Steele 
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Dear Mr.Hogue: 
At the Sullys Hill Rational Game Preserve, in your State, 
a comparatively small enclosure is available for the big game 
animals maintained there. Owing to the increase in elk it has 
been found necessary to dispose of 10 or 12 head. In view of 
une xact tnao it is our desire to use a'U available material for 
planting purposes with tne idea of giving big game animals wide 
distribution throughout the different states, I should like veiy 
much to know whether this surplus could not be used to advantage 
somewhere within the state. I am not exactly clear as to just 
how we can best dispose of these animals but I should like to 
use them for planting purposes if possible, and probably if the 
state is interested to the extent of paying the cost of capturing 
and transporting the animals, it would be possible for the Survey 
to recommend to the Secretary of Agriculture the authorization of 
the loan of this surplus for breeding purposes with the understand- 
in^ that animals would be availaole from the increase if needed for 
j.urtxier planting. I should like to get the animals out of the encl< 
ure this fall or early winter. 
Very truly yours. 
sr/erj 
Chief of Bureau. 
