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BULLETIN 50, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



station of the United States Department of Agriculture is at Kodiak 

 on Kodiak Island (figs. 11 and 12) where a herd of Galloway cattle 

 and a flock of sheep are maintained. Private individuals and com- 

 panies are also establishing stock ranches on this and adjoining 

 islands. Unsurpassed cattle and sheep grazing is found on these 

 islands and on the mainland of the Aleutian Peninsula near the shore, 

 while in the mountainous interior there is said to be good reindeer 

 grazing ground. The desirability of establishing a reindeer herd on 

 the southern end of Kodiak Island has been considered. Herds are 

 already located at points on the mainland not far distant. 



Pig. 12. — Kalsin Bay stock-breeding station of the Kodiak Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 15 miles from Kodiak, September 2S, 1911. 



Winter forage for cattle and sheep is provided largely from the 

 native grasses, both hay and silage being made. 



The next most extensive and favorable grazing area in Alaska for 

 domestic cattle and sheep is in the Tanana Valley, including also por- 

 tions of the upper Yukon Valley and extending from the interna- 

 tional boundary Avestward to the confluence of the two streams 

 named. Other more or less favorable grazing areas are in the Copper 

 River drainage, the Susitna drainage, on the Kenai Peninsula and in 

 the upper valley of the Kuskokwim River. The practicability of 

 raising stock in these areas, other than in small herds in quite close 



