Автор:Erroll Bruce Год: 2008 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 266 ISBN: 9781443768993 PREFACE 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 fallo- 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 utllost importance, and this should be done systematically all the year round and not deferred till the cold weather sets in, when the deer are...
