ALASKA EXPERIMENT STATIONS, 



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LIVE STOCK. 



'I'lic winter was severe on stock that was not fed and, as few people 

 were pre])arcd to feed throujt^hout the winter, man}' cattle died and 

 man}' calves could not be raised. 



At the orphanaji^o, countini; our own and or])hanage cattle, the loss 

 of cows and calves was 1(» head altot^vther. Some of these losses 

 niiyht l)e attributed to the severe winter, others were occasioned by 

 fallin<^ from cliUs, 1 b}' drowning, 1 from injury, and for 1 the cause 

 is unknown. 



However, the cattle have done well this summer, and from a herd of 

 5 milch cows, 3 of which are givin*;- milk for the first time, the 

 following record was made, in Auj^ust, which is about the same as the 

 other months since the first of June: 



Milk record of 5 cows for month of August, 1903. 



Auffiist 1 .. 

 August '2 .. 

 August 3 .. 

 August 4 . . 

 Augusts .. 

 August 6 . . 

 August 7 . . 

 August 8 . . 

 August 9 . . 

 August 10 . 

 August 11 , 



I'Dandii. 

 85.5 

 85.5 

 87 

 91 



85.5 

 83 

 8(i 



79. 5 

 95. 5 

 97. 5 

 85 



August 12 . 

 August 13 . 

 August 14 . 

 August 15 . 

 August 10 . 

 August 17 . 

 August 18 . 

 August 19 . 

 Augu.st20. 

 August '21 . 

 August. 22 . 



I'uuiidfi. 



93 August 23 . . 



71.5 August 24.. 



7(i August 25 . . 



87 August 2<;.. 



88.5 August 27.. 



83 August 28 . . 



82 August 29.. 



8 1. 5 A\igust 30 . . 



83 

 85 

 85.5 



August 31 . 



]'Ollllltti. 



87.5 



83.5 



85 



86 



90 



8.5.5 



83. 5 



83. 5 



.So 



Tot.-il....- 2,f)49.5 



This record was made with no feed excei)t pasturaj^e in woods. 

 The calves were not allowed to suck the cows, })ut were fed on fresh 

 milk for several weeks, then on skimmed milk until they ate j^rass 

 freel}', since which time they have had notliini;- but (^rass, and they 

 are vi<rorous and doino* Avell. From the milk we have had all we 

 wanted for our laioe family and have made an averajjfe of 11} pounds 

 of butter a week since the middle of June. 



Since the spriii*,'' work was completed tiie horses liave been allowed 

 to run loo.sc. 'fhcy have become very fat with no feed except i,nass. 



Thi; Angora goats wintered with but little feed and attention. They 

 ate the silage readily and browsed from the s})ruce trees. They were 

 shear(!d April "21 and yielded ^2 pounds of good (juality of mohair — 

 4 pounds for each doe and ixjunds for the buck. Sampl(»s were sent 

 to a dealer iti mohaii'. and 30 cents per ])()und was otl'ered for the same. 

 This spring the buck died, owing to his eating a larg(> ([uantity of 

 ground fe«'d. I'here has been no increase in the flock. 



I'oultry has ever been one of the most profitable departiiKMits of 

 our woik. The past year has been no excc.'ption, although we have 

 met with some serious reverses. 



