Bull. 1089, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate VI. 



Fig. I. — Hornless, Partly White, Reindeer. 



This animal, in center, had been castrated about three weeks before. When the operation is 

 performed after the velvet has been lost, the horns drop a few weeks later. The burlap covering 

 the corral waU prevents the animals from seeing outside and thus makes their control easier. 



Fig. 2. — Sled Deer, Velvet Intact. 



Photographed in January. This animal, properly castrated, had not 

 rubbed the velvet from the horns as do normal bucks. 



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Fig. 3. — Reindeer Shedding their Coats. 



Photographed on July 25, 1921, on St. Lawrence Island. The bucks shed first, in spring, then 

 the steers and young stock, the does a little later, and, last of all, the sick and old animals. On 

 the left is an old doe shedding her wiater coat. 



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