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Show May Be New Meat Supply. Reindeer live on the treeless Arctic plains, where in summer they feed mainly on the abundant vegetation which the short arctic summer produces, pro-duces, and In winter they eat the lichen, lich-en, commonly called reindeer moss, which covers great areas in the North. These plains, or tundras, spread out over many millions of acres along the Behring sea and arctic coasts of Alaska. Alas-ka. The Introduction of reindeer Into Alaska has demonstrated that these vast stretches of territory, which hitherto hith-erto have been considered desert wastes, are really valuable grazing lands, which will be a source of a new supply of food to meet the world's la-creasing la-creasing demands. |