Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1918 — SEE DEER AS FOOD SUPPLY [ARTICLE]

SEE DEER AS FOOD SUPPLY

Belief That Animals Can Be Domesticated and Raised Like the ' Ordinary Live Stock. Tfrere has been advocated the scheme of raising deer as a source of meat supply in this country. It is believed that deer farming could be made as profitable as any other livestock industry. It has been pointed out that the Virginia deer and the Rocky mountain elk are best suited for this purpose. Elk have been acclimatized in many parts of. the world and everywhere they show the, same vigor and hardiness. They adapt themselves to almost hny environment and their increase under domestication is equal to that of ordinary cattle. It is contended that there are large areas* of rough land in the United States, like the Ozarks and the Alleghany regions, where elk could be profitably raised. The Virginia deer is adaptable to almost all parts of this country and thrives on land unsuited to horses.