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Reindeer When the Horns Are “in the Velvet” 
the wild deer. It is said by experts to combine the juiciness of beef with 
the delicacy and tenderness of venison. 
Lomen and Company are undertaking scientific breeding by which 
it is hoped that larger and stronger animals can be produced. Dr. E. 
W. Nelson, chief of the Department of Agriculture in Washington, 
has estimated that in less than a dozen 
years the size of the three year old do- 
mestic reindeer can be increased from 
the present average weight of 150 
pounds to 250 pounds dressed. This 
can be effected, Dr. Nelson thinks, by 
cross breeding with caribou, a consider¬ 
ably larger and heavier animal than the 
domestic reindeer, and by the elimina¬ 
tion of scrub breeding stock. 
The actual cost of raising reindeer 
on the free range of Alaska where noth¬ 
ing else can be produced, is confined to 
the wages of the herders, who have to 
remain with the herds the year round to 
protect them from wolves and other ani¬ 
mals of prey. It is estimated that a deer 
at the slaughter age of three years has 
cost the owner $3.00, not counting over¬ 
head expenses such as slaughter pens, 
cold storage houses, office rent, and sala¬ 
ries of officers and clerical assistants. 
The present reindeer king of 
The Reindeer Suspended in the Air 
Is One of a Shipment of Live Ani¬ 
mals Being Taken on Board 
Alaska, Judge Lomen, was born near 
