AGRICULTURAL APPROIMU ATH).N lill.U H'24, 888 



This wild blood will ^ivr stainiiin to thcin and >it tlu> snin<> tirno will 

 ;^ra<l(' tlioin up in si/p. 



Occasionally in Alaska tlioc ohimiIc nujljoii l>ulU have ^onc with 

 the herds and ( lie offspring an- hi^' atninals. 1 1 is said tlmt hv lookinj; 

 at a rein<loor herd you can toll the half hrcciis hy their standing 

 up above the others. There is no cpiestion that bv proper selection 

 the n'indeer proiiably can b«' brought to double tlieir meat output 

 per annum. That is on«' of the experiments we are conducting. 



We have a small power schooner with headciuarlers at Nome that 

 our men use to visit the reindeer herds alonj; the coast «»f the An'fie 

 and southward. They are also makin<^ a delinite, careful study of the 

 forage plants use<l by the reindeer and the distribution of these 

 plants. At the same time they are stu«lying the characterLstics of the 

 country, in order to work out a method of all»»tment of grazing land, 

 for the jmrpose of allotting these reindeer lu'rds delinite areas just as 

 is done on the national forests. They alrearly have that w<irked out 

 over a consi«lerable area, and as soon as Congre.ss passes the necessary 

 legislation allotments can be made. That will be a very great help 

 to the business, because at present they are almost walking on (!acli 

 other's feet, and herds are interfering in a very detrimental way. 

 There is a lot of mixing up of reindeer belonging tt) different owners 

 and this results in heavy losses. 



In aildition we have the supervision of land fur-bearing animals 

 in Alaska and are maintaining warden service. We have a patrol 

 boat in southeastern Alaska and are trying to prevent the overkilling 

 of fur-bearing animals. 



The fur-l)eaiing animals from Alaska aflFord a return of more than 

 SI, 000, ()()() a year, jind it is of great importance that the killing by 

 poison and killing out of season of these animals be restricte<l in 

 order that the output can be maintained. 



Mr. Bi ( HANAN. Ought not killing by poisoning be prohibited ( 



Doctor Xelso.n. It is prohibited. 



Mr. BrciLVXAN. You used the wortl "restricted " unintentionally,! 

 suspect. 



Doctor Nelson. About poisoning^ 



Mr. Buchanan. Yes. 



Doctor Nki.son. We restrict the killing, but stop the poisoning 

 wherever we can. No poisoning is permitted. 



Mr. Bi'( iLVNAN. I did not want the record to go down that way. 



Doctor Nelson. Is there anything further in regard to this item '. 



r'OP. ADMIMSTRATTVF. I'XPKNSKS. 



Mr. Anderson. 1 think not. Now take up item at pa^je 244. 



Doctor Nelson. There is no mcrease here. It is just the conduct 

 of the routine business of th«' ofhce. I'nless you have some irKjuiry 

 there, I do not know that there is anything to be said about that. 



