Excerpt from Deer Breeding for Fine Heads: With Descriptions of Many Varieties and Cross-Breeds The following rough notes on a subject which, so far as I know, has never been written on, will, it is hoped, prove of use to owners of deer - forests and deer-parks. As a rule, the herds of deer in parks are too often left to breed at haphazard, and in many parks there are herds of stunted fallow deer as small as goats and carrying miserable heads. Even where fallow deer are better looked after. It is usual to breed to a standard merely for venison, and so long as a buck is fat, no attention is paid to his colour or head, and a herd usually consists of animals of all colours and shapes. To see, for instance, a herd of fallow deer all dappled and all looking alike, is very rare; and this book is intended to assist those. Who desire to have their deer as well tended and well bred as prize poultry or prize dogs. Feeding is, of course, of the utmost importance, and this should be done systematically all the year round and not deferred till the cold weather sets in, when the deer are frequently too much weakened to derive any real benefit from artificial feeding. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.