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BIILLETI]SJ" 1089, U. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Rutting starts August 25 and ends in October. Reindeer should be i| 

 held in good grazing areas during this period and in the fawning 

 season. Experiments demonstrate that reindeer may be fed like 

 cattle, but this would probably not be an economic success. | 



While no serious contagious diseases of reindeer have occurred in 

 Alaska, control of certain diseases and of parasites must be under- 

 taken. Killing diseased reindeer prompth^ is reconunended to pre- 

 vent spread of contagion in the herds. 



The warble fly {Oedemagena tarandi) is a serious reindeer para- 

 site, damaging the hides and causing abscesses on the legs. Tape- 

 worm cysts, for which dogs are responsible, will disappear in reindeer 

 by proper treatment of dogs. 



Reindeer meat is at its best in autumn, and the right time for 

 slaughtering is in October and Xovember. Earlier than this the 

 back fat is not fully laid on, and later the parasitic larvae depreciate 

 the value of the meat. 



The reindeer industry" in Alaska promises to become a large factor 

 in the development of the Territory and should be encouraged in 

 every practicable manner. 



CHECK LIST OF ALASKAN RANGE PLANTS. 



The following list includes the plants that have been identified as 

 occurring on the reindeer range of the coast lying between Point 

 Hope and Kuskokwim Bay. including Nunivak and St. Lawrence 

 Islands. This list is compiled largely from collections made during 

 the investigations and in part from the collection of Charles Thorn- 

 ton, of Xome. Alaska, a local botanist. 



GRASSES. 



Agropyron sericenm (wheatgrass). 

 Agrostis aequivalvis (redtop). 

 Agi'ostis boreal is (redtop). 

 .\lopecurus alpinus (foxtail). 

 Arctagrostis latifolia. 

 Calamagrostis scabra (coast blue- 

 joint). 

 Elymus arenarius (dunegrass). 

 Elymus mollis (dunegrass). 



Festuca rubra (red fescue). 

 P'estuca rubra barbata (fescue). 

 Festuca rubra subvillosa (fescue). 

 Phleum alpinum (wild timothy). 

 Poa arctica (bluegrass). 

 Poa eminens (giant bluegrass). 

 Poa hispidula (bluegrass). 

 Trisetum spicatum. 



GRASSLIKE PLANTS. 



Carex aquatilis (sedge). 

 Carex atrofusca (sedge). 

 Carex canescens (sedge). 

 Carex compacta (.«iedge). 

 Carex concolor (sedge). 

 Carex helconastes (sedge). 

 Carex lachenalli (sedge). 

 Carex macrochaeta C sedge). 



Carex membranacea (sedge). 

 Carex rotundata (sedge). 

 Carex scirpoides (.sedge). 

 Equisetum arvense (horsetail). 

 Equisetum palustre (horsetail). 

 Equisetum sylvaticum (horsetail). 

 Eriophorum angustifolium (large cot- 

 ton sedge). 



