Jul 27, 1978 (cont.) Miscellaneous parts of deer Liver, heart + kidneys processed for pet food. Testicles and penis frozen for Asian trade, along with antlers. Velvet antlers worth $20 a pound. Antler & velvet processed for health additives & general diet (not just aphrodisiac). Deer farming Deer are being raised on farms and sold to other prospective breeders. Live deer are worth so much more than dead ones that very few are being butchered. Reminds one of the silver fox and chinchilla days. Costs of fencing and feeding are so high that industry cannot last beyond present growing boom period. The one source of income is velvet from antlers. He blundering herd of 850 yielded about 400 lbs of velvet antler, at $20 would be $8000 - a small income considering the cost. I wouldn't invest my money in this business. Gore, Croydon Lodge Checked back into our old quarters in the afternoon. Reports are good fishing for pike and trout. After dinner we went for the evening ride. Woody walked to the gravel works and caught two on nymphs - 12 and 16". Ted and I drove to Cholmondeley a few miles down river. Good rise on nymphs, little feeding on gnat larvae. I caught a 16 inches on a nymph.