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BULLETIN 50, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
station of the United States Department of Agriculture is at Kodiak 
on Kodiak Island (figs. 11 and 12) where a herd of Galloway cattle 
and a flock of sheep are maintained. Private individuals and com- 
panies are also establishing stock ranches on this and adjoining 
islands. Unsurpassed cattle and sheep grazing is found on these 
islands and on the mainland of the Aleutian Peninsula near the shore. 
while in the mountainous interior there is said to be good reindeer 
grazing ground. The desirability of establishing a reindeer herd on 
the southern end of Kodiak Island has been considered. Herds are 
already located at points on the mainland not far distant. 
Fig. 12. — Kalsin Bay stock-breeding station of the Kodiak Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 15 miles from Kodiak. September 28, 1911. 
Winter forage for cattle and sheep is provided largely from the 
native grasses, both hay and silage being made. 
The next most extensive and favorable grazing area in Alaska for 
domestic cattle and sheep is in the Tanana Valley, including also por- 
tions of the upper Yukon Valley end extending from the interna- 
tional boundary westward to the confluence of the two streams 
named. Other more or less favorable grazing areas are in the Copper 
River drainage, the Snsitna drainage, on the Kenai Peninsula and in 
the upper valley of the Kuskokwim Eiver. The practicability of 
raising stock in these areas, other than in small herds in quite close 
