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BULLETIX 1423^ U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGEICULTURE 



about four chief centers: (1) The Kotzebue Sound country, (2) 

 Seward Peninsula, (3) about Norton Sound, and (4) in the Kusko- 

 kwim River basin. 



In addition to the numbers in present herds, it is estimated tliat 

 about 125,(X)0 have been killed for food and clothing. The average 

 gross increase per annum is between 33 and 45 per cent, and 

 the average fawn crop runs between 50 and 60 per cent, although 

 the better-handled herds often attain 70 per cent and sometimes as 



Fig. 1. -I list l iliiil iiiii of ri'liuiccr herds iiiul availalile rauso in Alaska, tlio li^turcs jtuli- 

 catiiig the aiipro.ximale uuinbei- of reindeer iu each secliuu. Ofcupied areas are 

 usually less tLau oiu'-tbird sloeked 



much as 90 per cent. The location of herds and the distribution of 

 reindeer and range in Alaska are shown on the accompanying map. 

 (Fig. 1.) 



Several small refrigerating })lants (pi. 2, fig. 2) and two cold- 

 storage barges were operating on the coast in 1924, and since 1918 

 shii)ments of carcasses have been made every year from Alaska to 

 the States. The natural cold-storage facilities of Alaska have been 

 availed of to some extent, and during tlie winter of 1924-2.") one 

 chamber large enough to hold 100 carcasses was excavated in the 



