The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-02
Stefannsen Would =, - :.
Produce Far-Northv
vSsSr
Meat at Cent a Pond

Chicago, Jan 1--~One billion an
hundred and fifty million ponnds eli
fresh meat yearly at productior vtss2e
of ] cent q pound--utilizine it64Atttl1
',tf' -fsrrfs whi~f1 1T t'r- prescutSsinMx
are considered unpreduetiye. -
That is one Of the aims tfaaAskAa
which vihjalmur stefannseh Hrctfv
explorer. is working.
Reindeer constitute The .futAre
meat supply of the world or naa-
i"rity az ii" says Stefannsen, This
year only 2o.eoo ware killed h'tt
aston.
Twelve years ago ~fhra r-tnss-rF-in-
dustry was put on II commercially ha.sis
with i.eo9 head, Today there are ns er
I 10000 No females are being kiAed; |
only the surplus males
People don't understand the pnesi.
bilifies of northern countries. Gus,
civilization originated in the tr.Ipac.
W. have always been afraid OF the
land Of the north. Il was ialT *
rNstery yet II has always proyeN:the
sand Of the future, Ss=
Here + my theory Tarn,GrS- in
North Dakota and Canada have, hssd
cattle for Pat-producirg par3Aass.s.
Their attempts have been failxYe
simply through the fact that cattle
dramatically originated in the -sl- h \
They can be transported to norstNrn
climates, but they are unable LIZ FRO
vide for themselves. on snoe-1Ss e ~
r.airtes =
'~rrue. they can be raised w,asta =
cultivate hay. huiirl s7uge bIeffs- ~
house them. purchase machinery for
their care, but In the end il Is r-t- IS
pensive rro position one Of M fertl
fr friends In Alberta tells rae his cat
tie eat 500 worth per head Of hay each
year. Add that TO either costs Of prov.
duetion and youth see that even with
the high price Of meats the stock
raiser in the north ig not ma King any
money, As matter of fact, the large
ranchers in Montana haye lost during
the last year.
Take. Tor instance, the Anaesieasr
bison. Here was an animal natiT<Ad
the north middle belt His produce
ton would cost little and he can sub
sist during the winter months on
what the ground produces
In the. far north is the reindeer or
the caribou. Both animals. hA tlaso
way are the same. The reindetr II
Demonstrated and tho caribou Wild
The reindeer. which was dopiesticatea
before history began, can grow far
where cattle would starve To death.
"tn Alaska there are 100, 900 sularr
miles of land suitable for Ei1xirx-rNV~
poses. In Northern Canada there are
I 900, 600. The supply of reindeer viii
double every three years. In twenty
years Alaska alone Will he able to ship
s 600 900 carcasses a year. -. S -
These can he delivered at Seatylr
al 81 a head. The hide alone Ia now
! bringing better than tn Z. And sNfns
deer meat la sold ON the marker 49,
20 "a cents n pound. The T~vt1Srs
weight per carcass * tao peurIx 49,
I'm Alaska Eskimo amllk4E1akk
care of the herds. TIVE famtlieSMD III
herd. These are paid 500 a y~HrSSGes
family and are furnished with. &l0l
clothing and other Eskimo necesAft&X
A herd of from 5000 tn 5000 'ahl0t 4&
/, is thus sared for at ahuus
. year or 40 cents year per 'ans4llSSsxs
Caribou are existing upon th&NME
thest northland ever discovere6.sskaSt
sre Inning toward their propaNAk&HN
as means OF furnishing RrsaS 166
OF the worlds meat SUPPLY. sss
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