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 wall 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. 
*/&. 
t$ZL££j. 
t !&&Y 
\ itf ^ 
djr&fr , J - iL- 
jC? *'J 
\J9 tVwV£«jf££ } 
*wBm** ]{& 
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 winter coat. 
