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Last week there was a strange and exciting scene in the quiet hamlet of Middleboro, Mass. Snorting, kicking, bunting, bugling, a herd of over 400 wild elk entered town. There were other elk in the vicinity and these the newcomers soon joined. They had traveled across the continent, all the way from Moiese, Mont. (Flathead Indian Reservation), in 70 hours, riding in specially constructed, electrically lighted express cars. Their total carfare amounted to $14,000. Everyone of the bulls had been dehorned before being shown to his stall, for the comfort of his fellow passengers and the conductors...
They were the property of one Percy R. Jones, to whom they had been presented at Moiese by the Government, free of charge, to relieve the pressure of elk population on the northern range of the Yellowstone herds. Mr. Jones and his brother, after 13 years of study, are setting out to establish a new U. S. industry, the elk meat industry. Five miles from Middleboro they bought and fenced a 6,600-acre range and experimented with a herd of ten elk. They have satisfied themselves that the following facts are dependable, about elk in general and Massachusetts elk...
Second only to moose in size, elk thrive on less food than any other deer. They are the hardiest deer, are immune to hoof and mouth disease, Texas fever, lumpy jaw and black tongue. They have "a quiet and contented nature." They dress heavier than any other meat animal. Their meat is considered by many an epicure superior to any meat on the market. It is virtually non-existent commercially, brings $1.50 a lb., and New York City alone would have consumed 3,000 elk carcasses last autumn had they been available. Laboratory tests show that elk flesh...
...Elk meat costs less to raise per lb. than beef, mutton or pork. Matured bull elk weigh 700 lb. to half a ton, females 600 to 800 lb. They mature in 16 to 18 months as against four years for cattle. Cattle herds increase 30% in good years; the acknowledged ratio for elk is 90%. The females calve in their third year, commonly twinning...
Cattle must be winter-fed; elk graze. Rich range is not necessary for they will graze through 18 in. of snow or stand on their hind legs to browse 8 ft. overhead...