The Kusko times., 1929-05-25
2 DOZEN REINDEER TO BE
 ADDED pr OCOLLEGE STATION
Fairbanks News-Miner.)

ton, Will leave here Friday for Mar shall to secure about "A reindeer, which will be added to the College herd MT. Palmer will be accompa- nied by Professor V. R. Fuller and Jack Warwick.
 The trip will be made in the Alas-N ka Game Commission boat Beaver, and the deer will be brought up on a barge that has been loaned by the Alaska, Railroad. It is expeced that the voyage will take about a month.
 The deer from the Marshall herd will be used in breeding experiments, being carried on at the College sta ,tion- There are already "A animals at the station, and with like number to he brought from the lower river the capacity of the static nwill have been about reached. However, it is hoped to secure about dozen caribou at Lake Harding by the same method used Last year, when two animals were. roped whilet hey were swim ming in the lake.
 The roping experiment proved sue cessful, and MT. Palmer has no doubt but that he can obtain as many cari- bou as are needei in this manner. Both the caribou obtained at the lake were lawns and they will be crossed later with reindeer. It is said that. the caribou are thriving in captivity. They have become gentle and have adapted themselves to their new life.
 Nine calves were born this spring, two of them caribou-reindeer crosses. There were already two crosses at. the station, and MT. Palmer has found the cross makes for more rangyr heavier -boned animal. The animals will be closely observed throughout taeir adult Tiff. to see if tnis superi- ority is nalnaained. In addition to] breeding. experiments. there IS being conducted at tLe College experimental work in feeding and digestion and range experiments designed to test how many animals a range of given size can support.
 Speaking of the warble grub prob- lem,r prohairly the gravest confronting the industry, MT. Palmer said the bu- reau of biological survey, co-operat- ing with the Territorial government, would make thorough search this year Golovin in the hopet of finding some way in which the pest may be eradicated. The Territorial Legisla- ture, recently adjourned, appropriated $1O,Q00 for this investigation.
 It is admittedly difficult problem,. Mr.. Palmer said. A different species of the same fly attacks cattle, and it. has been found very hard to eradicate the grubs when treating entire herds-. is hoped, however, that some suit able control method will be discov- cred during the Golovin investigation. : The Territory ca nvery we'll afford to spend large sums of money, in this work, as the annual loss caused by the warble fly at the present time is estimated at no less than $600,000. Tha sum represents the difference be- tween what reindeer hides bring. now and what they would bring if they did not have grub scars. Reindeer, leather is very highly valued, being especially suitable for gloves and other fine articles.
 Caribou are also afflicted with thes grubs. All animals at the station here have been treated, as it is; com- paratively simple to eradicate grubs when the animals can be treated, in dividually.
 MT. Palmer said 1245 acres at the College are fenced or in the process of being fenced, an dan area of equal size is available should it be- needed. The forest fire which swept the range in the summer of 1928 did not do as . L G..