Frank L. Petersen (Jackson) is now ✓ feeding 400 elk. 2h herd contained very few bulls & calves. He thinks 70% if the dead calves or bulls say the bull calves die first. Thinks some country must be given up for the elk if the preserved field some pastures with high ground for a feeding and bedding place. When the 2 year olds and cows arrived he killed them. Calves recommends 5 bulls to 25 cows Cost of captive & range elk Spring & Deer would be about $5 a head. Cost of delivery elk to Briggs $10. a head ($25 in all). ✓ Thinks among a herd (mixed) 7,000 elk there would be 300 (high?) calves. ✓ Mr. Petersen has 27 elk on pasture Some which he had 5 years. Has had calves yearly for last three years. ask how many calves Jackson March 19. J.D. Zerrin Elk, Wyoming Thinks elk should be caught in early winter and shipped at once ✓ Are much affected with Ticks in Spring. Thinks a brush for stocking a range should contain a mixture of mixes and ages ✓ Of 9 elk taken from a semi domestic brush. 6 died in transit, out of 28 or 29 wild ones only one died ✓ Domestic elk do not furnish as good meat as do wild ones ✓ Elk could be caught and delivered at St. Anthony in early winter for $20 a head Less loss in moving elk one a year old than calves ✓ The first calves that die are mainly bulls ✓ Does not think that many fine Twins has seen several calves suckling one calf. ✓ Thinks that at least 2/3 of the grown cows have calves. During the last few years fewer barren cows have been noticed as the bulls have been a larger numbers