Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-07

vince me that the we'll rounded iesh of
q number of porkers which were quietly
and sumptuously feasting upon the
shelly fruit from the floor Of the pebbly
sands, left high and dry upon the beach
as the salty waves recedcd, or the
sleek hide of the bovines.
half dozen in number which
were vending their way from the depth
of the struggling underground upon the
mountain sides, to the homes of their
owners, with bags pulled with their
healthful satisfaction upon the products
which nature has bestowed upon the
country that the editor of the Scientific
American says, us not, and can never
be, an agricultural country"
II we're to discuss the criticism of
the editor of the Scientific American a
month later, would not have to take
the assurances OF men who bear the
reputation OF being worthy and reliable
citizens, and who have begged me to
believe that strawberries, currants,
gooseberries, salmon berries, hucllle-
berries, and in fact all those
delicious varieties OF succulent
fruit known to the different parts
OF the United States grow here,
for l could speak from personal know
loaded with their weight OF buds and
blossoms, are living evidences of a
PROMISED BoUNTIFUL HARVEST.
1t is now fifteen minutes past 10
o'clock in the evening, and | am writ
ing you with no light to guide my pen
other than the soft twilight left by the
horizon nearly half hour ago, and I
am thus reminded that upon this happy
provision OF natures ordinance will rest
the answer to the declaration of the
editor of the Scientific American that
"Alaska is not and never can be, an
agricultural country"
would like to have you bear in mind
the fact that there are three months in
the year when this "Land of the Mid
night Sun" receives warmth equal to
1--WE months that can be considered as
the period OF planting time and harvest
in the great agricultural belt OF the
central and middle states.
1t does not require scientist to de-
termine that it is not necessary for seed
to remain in the ground a certain
neither does it become necessary for
crops, when once out of the ground, to
remain exposed to the air and light a
| stated time before it natures. But it is
| a settled fact, that, with water and sun,
| the mother earth will yield up to the
| husbandman, its seasons harvest in
bountiful profusion. Hence, but one
conclusion can be drawn from the pos
| sibilities of Alaska as q future agricul-
tural country, namely: Has it soil sun
and water in right proportion to start
| the seed in natural growth, and foster
it through infancy to the stage of ma
| turity?
With the evidence that has been pre-
| sented to me since have made this
| subject one of thorough inquiry, am
led to take the affirmative in the issue
| raised by the editor OF the Scientific
| American, with even greater emphasis
| than that in which he pronounces
| Alaska section that sis not, and never
| can be. an agricultural country"
Not three hours ago | spent few mo-
| ments in gathering from as pretty q
meadow as the blue grass region OF
| Kentucky can boast, a soft and nutritious
grass measuring twenty-five inches in
length, and four different kinds of flow
| ers, which L made into a bouquet en-
| cased in the center of fruit-bearina
| twigs of the salmon and currant bush
from patch of ground not to exceed
| fifteen feet square, which was u part ol
about three hundred acres of
BEAUTIFUL LAND,
| walled in by mountains whose tops were