344 REPOKT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



RAMPART STATION. 



1. The building of a house. 



2. The building of a barn. 



3. The purchase and importation of a yoke of work oxen or horses. 



4. The purchase and importation of the necessary implements. 



ESTABLISHMENT OF COPPER RIVER STATION. 



1. The selection and surve}^ of a tract of suitable land. 



2. Building a house. 



3. Building a log barn. 



5. The purchase and importation of a yoke of work oxen or horses. 

 5. The purchase and importation of the necessary implements. 



SEVERAL SUBSTATIONS NECESSARY. 



The vast extent of territory in Alaska and the great variation in 

 climatic conditions make it necessary that there should be several sub- 

 stations. The places where stations have already been established are 

 believed to be the best that could be selected, and a station somewhere 

 in the Copper River country is equally necessary. I would respect- 

 fully call attention to the fact that each of these substations requires 

 a separate equipment and a separate set of men, which multiplies the 

 expense as compared with a single station. It is also to be noted that 

 the equipment of the stations and the cost of labor will amount to any- 

 where from two to five times what it would cost to equip and work 

 similar stations in the States. The lower rate applies to the coast sta- 

 tions and the higher to the interior stations. 



INTRODUCTION OF DEER ON THE WESTERN ISLANDS. 



My instructions directed me to ascertain in what manner it might 

 be practicable to introduce deer on Kadiak and adjoining islands. An 

 investigation of the subject was made, and the conclusion is that the 

 most feasible method for the introduction of deer on these islands is to 

 hire Indians to catch the fawns early in the spring, and when a number 

 have been collected, ship them out and turn them loose at some place 

 where they can be looked after and protected from dogs and hunters 

 alike. The fawns can be obtained from almost any of the islands in 

 southeastern Alaska, and the expense connected with the enterprise 

 should not be great. It has been suggested that Wood Island could 

 be made a nursery for deer. The Rev. Mr. Coe has agreed to take 

 the matter in charge there, his mission being located on the island. 



The enterprise is proposed as a measure of relief to the natives at 

 Kadiak and elsewhere in that region. There are no deer on these 

 islands, and with the practical extinction of the fur seal and other fur- 

 bearing animals in that region, which have been an important source 

 of income to the natives, they are now at times on the verge of star- 



