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THE BLUE FOX BECOME VERY TAME
to build up a herd from. How long !
would it take him to produce a breed
equal to the Hambletonian? The
values of pen raised stock increases
in direct ratio to the length of time
they have been pen bred from the wild. |
It is true that the first ranchers did j
catch and start with wild animals, but i
those pioneers paid dearly in time and |
money, and out of ten who thus began '
how many were left in business after j
three years’ work and the returns for !
their first, pelts came back?
Russia got her pinch of change, j
Uncle Sam was a good sport and did
not miss it much. When the Court j
Jester reaches the Judgment Day, we j
pray they will deal lightly with his I
sins.
A new addition was constructed
last summer at the Seward station
of the Standard Oil Company. "The
extension was 70 feet in length. A
seawall was also constructed, pro
tecting 120 feet of the end -of the yard
and buildings.
Furniture, Hardware j
BEDS, MATTRESSES, RUGS, DE LUXE CONGOLEUM M
Rugs, Inlaid Linoleum, Crockery and Glassware, Guns
and Ammunition, Powder, Caps and Fuse, Iron and Paper ==
Roofing, Rope and Twine, Window Glass, Paints and Oils, §A
Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Cutlery and Carving Sets, Flash
Lights and Batteries, Electrical Appliances and Fittings, ==
WE ALSO CARRY A MOST COMPLETE LINE OF
HOLIDAY GOODS, TOYS AND NOVELTIES M
ALL AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES ||
All Mail Orders Promptly Filled ||
J. L. GEAEF I
MORE THAN HALF
ALASKA CATTLE
KODIAK ISLAND
OVER 500 HEAD OF CATTLE ARE
ON KODIAK AND NEIGHBOR
ING ISLANDS
H. S. ABBERT LARGEST RANCH
Three to Four Tons of Hay per Acre
Produced from Wild Upland
Grasses of the Island
Notes gathered on the agricultural
aspects of Kodiak and vicinity re
cently supplied The Gateway, reveal
that during the past two years twenty
two homesteads have been taken up.
The range in that district has been
found to be particularly well adapted
to cattle and sheep raising. The one
difficulty preventing extensive settle
ment has been lack of transportation
and market facilities, but these factors
are being rapidly overcome.
The largest rancher in the Kodiak
region is H. S. Abbert, whose ranch
is located about five miles from the
town of Kodiak. Mr. Albert has 600
head of sheep and 60 head of cattle.
Recently he sent several small ship
ments tq points along the Alaska rail
road belt with the result that he now
has more orders for meat than he
can possibly supply. It is said that
both the cattle and sheep produce a
superior grade of meat, feeding as
they do on succulent forage that
abounds everywhere on the islands.
Sheep of Lincoln-totswold strain,
produce on an average of eight pounds
of wool, while the pure wool from
the blooded Romney Marsh sheep, of
wliich Mr. Abbert’s has many, average
slightly lower. The Romney blood in
troduced by Mr. Abbert is from a
strain of sheep found on the lower lev
els of New Zealand. They have been
found to be also particularly well
adapted to the Falkland islands-off
the coast of Argentina. Weather con
ditions in Argentina and Southwest
ern Alaska are practically the same.
At the present time there are over
500 head of cattle on Kodiak and
neighboring islands, most of which
are in small bunches. These supply
milk and meat to individual families.
Added to the cattle raised along the
Alaska peninsula the total reaches a
number excelling half found else
where in the entire Territory. Range
cattle will and do range out the en
tire year, but the milk cattle and
calves are generally fed from Decem
ber to May on the hays and silage
made from native grasses, supplement
ed with small rations of mill feeds
shipped in from the Outside.
All types and breeds of cattle live
and thrive in the Kodiak region, but
the hardier breeds of both milk and
beef cattle do best. The Ayershire
and Holstein are purely a type of
milch cattle; the Galloway and the
Herefords are of the beef type, and
the Red Pole and Shorthorn, of the
dual purpose type. Any other hardy
breed will thrive satisfactorily.
The wild upland hay will produce
from one to three tons per acre but
the lanjj^must have a rest every three
yeard" in order to allow the soil to
reseed. The beach grasses and sedges
cut for the silo approximate from two
to four tons of silage indefinitely.
SEWARD DAIRY IS
ONE OF THE BEST
IN TERRITORY
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT PER
FECT IS REPORT OF DR. ROB
ERT JAY, INSPECTOR
DAIRY MODERN AND UP TO DATE
H. Leirer Took Over Plant Two Years
Ago and Has Made Success of
Enterprise by Hard Work
Pronounced as being the finest dairy
in the Territory, with every milch
cow passing the highest of tests,
which were conducted last summer
under the personal inspection of Dr.
Robert Jay, veterinarian for the U.
S. Bureau of Animal Industry, on spe
cial detail in Alaska, Dr. C. C. George
son, agronomist, head of the U. S.
Agricultural Experiment Stations in
Alaska, stated the owner of the Sew
ard Dairy was to be commended on
the splendid condition of his stock
and the cleanliness of the barns and
premises. According to Dr. George
son, the herd of the Seward Dairy,
passed Dr. Jay’s inspection one hun
dred per cent.
H. Leirer, the proprietor of the lo
cal dairy, after renting a big dairy in
Enumclaw, Wash., for a number Qf
years, came to Seward about two
years ago and bought out the former
owner of the dairy, Stephen Adelman.
Many improvements were at once
made and new buildings erected, con
sisting of a hot house, 20 by 50 feet,
and two small outbuildings.
Mr. Leirer owns 295 acres of land
in connection with his dairy, three
fourths of which is covered with an
exceptionally heavy stand of timber.
The dairy proper occupies 14 lots. The
herd and stock consists of 13 milch
cows, two heifers, one registered herd
bull and two horses.
The dairy barn is ideally construct
ed and is absolutely sanitary in ev
ery respect. The barn is sufficiently
large enough to house 18 cows. Mill
feed and hay are fed the cows in sep
arate barns. The cows are all milked
by hand; not by machinery. The
milk is at once taken to the dairy
house and cooled to a temperature of
35 to 45 degrees. It is then bottled
and capped and put in a cold storage
room and kept until the drivers make
I delivery to the patrons.
■ The products of the Seward Dairy
jare distributed in strict accordance
j with the Territorial laws and visitors
are always extended a welcome to call
and make a personal inspection of the
dairy.
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Mitirortaktitg Co.
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Chapel in Connection
Seuiarb Alaska