. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. REINDEER IN ALASKA. 43 to be driven. Two hooks are employed, for the reason that the milling animals tend to reverse the direction of their movements when they approach a pocket from which they have succeeded in escaping on previous occasions, and then, not recognizing the danger of entering the other, they are driven into it and operations are thus facilitated. ^^y c/jr£. \j^s tv/p£ /rr TVP, t iv/P£ /tr aorroM I] Pi/irFOff/if Fig. 2.—Diagram of improved type of corral for handling reindeer, chiefly for counting and br
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. REINDEER IN ALASKA. 43 to be driven. Two hooks are employed, for the reason that the milling animals tend to reverse the direction of their movements when they approach a pocket from which they have succeeded in escaping on previous occasions, and then, not recognizing the danger of entering the other, they are driven into it and operations are thus facilitated. ^^y c/jr£. \j^s tv/p£ /rr TVP, t iv/P£ /tr aorroM I] Pi/irFOff/if Fig. 2.—Diagram of improved type of corral for handling reindeer, chiefly for counting and branding; constructed entirely of split poles. The reindeer are driven into the main corral between long side v/ings, and sections of the herd are detached as needed by means of the separating pens, gates, and chute. A further improvement would con- sist of a small corral at the end of the chute, where all animals are handled, to trap ' any that might evade the herders stationed at the swing Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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