36 BULLETIN 1423, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Full progress in the reindeer industr}^ can come only from the 

 adoption of better management methods, not only in range control 

 and regulation but in herd management and provisions for trans- 

 porting and marketing the meat. This involves oi)en herding, 

 reduction of the proportion of bulls in the herds, selection of the 

 best stock for breeding, infusion of new blood by transferring bulls 

 and cross breeding with native caribou, adoption of improved 

 methods of corralling, branding, and castration, keeping sled rein- 

 deer in each herd, and providing for herd ownership on the per- 

 centage basis for increases, with one registered brand for a com- 

 munity herd, and for cold-storage facilities to assist in marketing. 



