Hagley House is set in of landscaped deer park grazed by herds of fallow deer. The park is home to herds of red deer and fallow deer. Some legumes can also be used as cover crops or planted in fallow fields. Much of the farming is dryland farming, often with fallow seasons interspersed with cultivation. Cattle were unknown, and Persian fallow deer were hunted. The chital may be confused with the fallow deer. Crop rotation was practiced, with fields left fallow every other year. The new charges related to the treatment of elk, red deer and fallow deer. All except the fallow deer are indigenous to the Cape. Land which was fallow or uncultivated was charged at concessional rates. Around the house is a park with a herd of fallow deer. During the winter and spring, it is the home of a herd of fallow deer. Fallow deer have been introduced to South Africa. From the 1890s, the island was home to a large herd of European fallow deer. A number of fallow deer in the central area are melanistic.