'^22 KKl'oirr OK <»KF1("K OK KXI'KKIMKNT STATIONS. 



ami all the stations could s('r\(' as <-c'iitcrs I'l'oiii wliicli spcc-ialists thus 

 assioMod could opci'atc. The station could possibly also defray pail 

 of the expense^ ^vhil(' in tho li(dd. All this is work ihaLshoukl bo done 

 by tho station, had it tho funds. 



An allied intoivst of scarcely less importance to the Territory is 

 the (piestion of the preservation and proper utili/ati<jn of the forests. 

 Southeastern Alaska has extensive forests of valuable tinil)er. The l)est 

 ])ortion of it has already been exempted from use by the ci'oation of 

 a forest reservation. While it is wise to pi'ohibit wanton destruction, 

 it will retai'd doveloi)ment of the Torritor}' to forbid the conservative 

 use of matured tim))or. (lovornmcnt supervision is needed in the 

 interior, as settlors come in even more than on the coast, for the 

 reason that the timber there is smalk'r and that there is none ut 

 all over larj^e areas and tho merchantable tim])er is more easily 

 exhausted. The wooded districts nuist furnish buildinii- material and 

 fuel for larj^e areas which have no timber. Timber o-rows slowly 

 there, and uidess the supply is husbanded now future oenerations arc 

 bound to suti'or. Steps should be taken to protect the wooded districts 

 from forest tiros, which have already caused i^reat destruction in many 

 places, and the cutting" of tim])or should bo under the guidance of a 

 forester. The experiment stations in Alaska could assist in this work 

 if given the authority and men and means provided. 



INTRODUCTION OF CATTLE. 



The cattle which arc brought to the settlements in Alaska are of no 

 particular breed or tj-pe, and most of them contain some Jcrse}' blood, 

 Jerseys being somewhat numerous on the coast. These cattle are not 

 well suited to the conditions. The cattle best adapted to Alaska should 

 have a heavy coat of hair, like the Galloway or the West Highland 

 cattle, to protect them from the cold rains of the coast region and the 

 severe cold of the interior. The Government would confer a lasting 

 benclit on the Territory })y establishing a herd of one or the other of 

 these breeds on Kadiak Island, where a reservation could be made for 

 the purpose. If settlors wore permitted to ]my the increase at their 

 market value for Ijreeding purposes, the Territory would in a few 3'ears 

 be supplied w ith a type much better adapted to the climate than are 

 the cattle now brought in. I would reconmiend the Gallowav breed. 



In this connection it is pertinent to note that a company of ))eef and 

 pork packers in Seattle has the past summer grazed a herd of about 

 tioO head grade Ilerofords and about 9,00(J sheep on Kadiak Island. 

 It is understood that they have done well. One thousand of the sheep 

 were ])rought up in tho summer of 1902, and wintered in the open as 

 an experiment. Several hundred of them wore drowned on one occa- 

 sion by the rising tide, but many of them wintered in fair shape. 



