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Show Improvement In Reindeer Herds. L. J. Palmer, In charge of the government's gov-ernment's reindeer experiment station at Nome, Alaska, has Just sent In a report to the United States Depart- , ment of Agriculture that conditions among Alaskan reindeer herds are the best this year in the history of 'the Industry. In-dustry. The fawn crop has been tin-, usually large, and favorable conditions have greatly reduced the ordinary losses. Herd owners who haye adopted adopt-ed recommendations of the biological survey for Improved handling of the herds report marked gain in size and condition of animals, and a reduction In the losses from, those experienced under former methods. Reindeer introduced in-troduced two years ago on Nunlvak Island are doing remarkably well, with the young much larger in size than animals of the same age on the mainland. |