March 10,1940 
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        Approximately 300 sores, i.e. S0 acres timber, 50 
        acres wooded pasture 20 acres of 15year-old eoond 
        growth ,*5 acres of a tree-haded ravine paastiwe 156 
        acres of miscellaneous fan and,50 of these fall-plowed 
              The New       Is adjoined  on the west by a 
         Uttletouohed a     1i. deer range of well--mbilned 
         shrub and tree browse speies, and used only fot bridle 
         trails.The deer population here is abundant, but not 
         ove rcrowde. 
              The east and south bonaes     f the lew Range on 
         the west adjoin cutlvated fara.The easterly half of 
         the south boundary is in50 year old timber, The entire 
         east boundary toiuhed Meridian Road destined to beaome 
         an important traffic artery in the lutue.The Now hags 
         along this highway Is heavily timbe redOQ WUl Montague 
         Road, a dia~onal arteria forms the north 
         the entire range The lands here are a private home 
         a-farmstead owned by owner of New Range , aleso cosi&eralb 
         lled farmlandA shaded ravine, used for pastiuagebut 
         e        for this prose, cootians25 acres and runs 
         north-westerl of half of the north be,  r   Its loeatle 
         iuaro                from the highway, leaving about 
              60 aresof  armandbetween the ravine and the road.This 
         farmland is to be tilled as a buffer area for the New R 
         On the west the New      is bonded ba primitive road, 
         l ttle travelled, and part heavily woo  , whic diides 
         the entire old range from north to south, 
              A      r of you   ditches oouse the south-easts*Iy 
         prt of the New Range, all deepening toward their master 
            d n  , a 500,000 gallon a day,year 'round creek. wih 
         for ha  a mile runs south and ea erly through the south 
         east corner of the New Range. Oheck dame are placing the 
         ditches under oontzol.The westerly potion of the New Ra 
         is practically flat with gentle undulations, twwustwmw 
Deer: 
              Deer have cruised over the New Rae for upward of 
          15 years to the writers own observations. Tracks indicate 
          them as residents of the old range to southawest.Herds 
          on the New Range have been observed of from 9 to 12 and 
          16 individuls .They are being fed with corn near the 
          stables regularly and salt provided. The proposed extensim 
          of the deer range from the old to the new is practially 
          established and offers not the slightest apprehension, 
          and Is M the outset and established fact.