The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-08
AGRICULTURE IN ALASKA

Che e.u.u. uur..u. drlIIuE with agri- .uiur. u Alaska bls leJ to au 1m1E. Iue amount uf uniformed comment hl the newspapers ui thr country. says thc P.I Dr. would have supposed that even
 tbr most eIuIt.s newspaper writer
 would know thIt oeu-u- iuNest.Eltions J,lI with U.ts ue tb.y 1u.. and uut with
 rct- thst mlv or may uot .N.st hrrc- uu.r con. would uot expect the stttis
 uo. .l Iu uuI.,,IoptJ Industry .u an uu- d.,,I.peI country tD h. taken up and
 commented uruu Hs me1sure of that
 colntrss capabilities and l statement of|
 us limitations m thlt especial direction
 N,t hlt Is just what has happened
 Tbe sag.t1t Eastern editor. uot merely ot. ths crosr.lIs eIr.tte hut ul Che great
 metropolitan daily. b1- made tho m,alro
 development uf aercu'turll Interests ln
 Alaska ut the uusrut umr 70 text for
 dwelling upon the imposshu,ty of agri-
 cultural pursuits for lu umr u uur
 mebu now territory of th, North
 Tf- -ame JoEmltIsm ol ignorance th1t
 uuee condemned oh. central splcos of this
 continent now the homes of millions of
 thrvIur people. to drsoauon. tells us
 Chat urmIre cannot be carried on lu
 Alaska Thus thr Chicago EecouI-uerii
 commeuurr ou the bulletin u question.
 s.ts. National optimism and local pride
 rite huurIHt tone to most Uf our goy-
 .rnm.Ht r.n0rte but th. man who tuil
 Che director of the census about Che agri-
 emur. of Auskl had no usr for che
 heUele Circumstance Were tao much
 f.r h.m HHI n tn. low temperature of. tUe most I.nr-s.He luI m.nmurom.sine
 rct. h. mlI. thIs confession. The ttb-
 aIli.I r.uru. uIoli. thIt Che farming
 mIastr, II. uasnUcIut heIus 1 suhsIi-
 tory pursuit Nu uf which .s ahuut 1s
 seusI1I. as th. oamm,ut m1ir ou 'al.i'r
 n.1 b.for. tH. I...u...t of EH.d nr .H t
 would hl.. t..n t. .f.U. Iu i>l. th't tlr
 st.ts Uf Washington wIe practically uuut
 I.r human HIni.t.u InI J.-,Ir.l tn roe
 main practically a wilderness, f.o.v,r bc-
 ..lu.. 10 HaI at u.t tm. l-e tu1n l-Uoo
 ..opI. E.t Vr hII supposed ,a1t the
 form of .-uorIH.. which coHeis u lumr-
 ue lt rtIse conclusion. from insufficient nr.mIs.. mIlht hIu. boom l ut,.e mol-
 r.I hp th. H...l.. of tH. v.rn.
 Vr have Uh.u ue.I...u several ume.
 q. ..rr..i on. uI..r.Ie hut Injurious cHu-
 renuou of Nl.trs uwr thus 900 before
 ta. u.oHI. b. .-eu... t. which thr. 1r.
 accustomed tr trust l.r ln.Ir fICts Mr| htt.. u particular pointed out Jhr cone
 dIuous of ..mI.. aI0ne thr already WeIl- known coast r.e.nn ol Alaska. the mnJIu- cations produced hr thr warm Japan cur- r.at. HuI on. certainty of profitable rr- turns uu ..r...furII Industry ther. wherever tE.r. .r. r.IUT.. uf low lands satI1. nr cultivation UIt U WU be nov.I to most Hf our own reliers to he1r that thr agricultural possibilities of u- t.r.r NnssH especially uf Che valley . T .H. Yukon HnI .ts tIhuDr.rs. lr. eveu greater tblu thoee of other sections. For h.r. V. hlr. the splendid olmyu soI .hlt UhIrct.rl.s thr river houoml of | our own mountain regions. while thc cII- mate .s such lhIt almost aU tbr products of tl. north t.mu .lts ronc may he raised th.r. WIth c.r.rIntr and iu 3buu- i1ne.
 This fact e st forth in nm rytr.n,iy interesting sHI valuable article br Mr. Erl.tus uuu.rI Nr Uun.rI .s not talking th.orr but n.t 10. is a man who eere things le ther 1rr lui uuier- stands what L. -..- Iie writes uf 20 caa1tr. Vfb which he .s perfectly fuI- | lr M. t.us UhIt has H.tuIv been I.n. ae u.I a. what s u..s.h.. AHi h.s statements lr. rauforeal hr J. ries .f photographs taken on the spot which l may convoy faw now c11r'Htou- t1 thos. n th. East who have fum.t the'r l .I.ls 0f Aasst from 1 view .r the Muir l sac.sr
 Tho Ch.clEo Eeooul-ueuh 1.i. m its ! lrIeI. referred tH. "thr o..m1te tnH'i t,lv l 'orb.ts thc raising of cereals Nr Bu.u- .rI says. Wheat olts UD and barley hlve rpenod and produced mature sa,d l 1t different points during several y,8r under Che most 1dver.. CIrcumst1uces un l ,h- yukon Ho s1v7 that most crops and l nearly an vegetables with small l frsts. grow n tb. rr.atsat pr1us.ou 0Ith but Utu. elr.. VhI. there .s moo question of th. rtiu. of tbe section as 70 l stock -producmr country This s uhstan- l t1ted by tH. le,. of past experience | and Ie tH h. enrsII.raI Iu connection WIfh l .he rsrmlt. of lu expert Ht the IerIeI'- l ,uuI department that Jh.rs ar. It ialf l I.U ... eIuHr. m..a of uIHhI. and uIs- ,lre land u N1-st chiefly iu tae .ut r- .or
 Th. HrI.ne. 0f other eHuutri.s EiHE I- Gar north .s oh. Yukon or farther rc. l.rr.d 0. br Mr nrIH.rI makes thr as
 Innate of NasEl ler.cuItlr. luturr rri- l mIrIE reasonable Its rossihIiti.r rest l mainly ou two conditions which fr. ru- l t.reIt overlooked by thue. who hl,. 1,ter lived b-rouI lh- lower httudes 'ue ot thas. H On. high summer temperature. Che Uth.r td. .ns.h ut the summer dr The attention of Che outsider s dIr.cf. wholly t1 tH. excessive cold of A.ls k.n winter H- h.lu of W ant W dc er..s below r.rl. and for,h0uh irflmr thlt thr th.momet.r ulnN -.s.r lt', thr fr.ezIHe point u summer lh' tlet Is th1t "a t.mr.rlture uf uvrr i" it u"t uncommon. uhI. th. Hy.rIsr f1r ca, short summer H h.eh.
 Wr e1v .ahort summer hut that uc'ds olaudc1tiou 10 Is short u months and days. but bong 1 hours When the sum is furthest north tber. is Iu those lati- tudss. period of but from two or three to dge or s.N hours of twilight Plant Ife looking for usht and heat. gets a- much of them in two months of these heightened d1ys as It does n four or tho days farther from the Artic circle The workIng of Che law is perfectly m- muar Co Che farmers of Minnesota and the. Dakot1s. where cereals mature in| much less time than farther south. The Alaskan valley during the brief warm term. is very hot house. where vege-