The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-17

inches in length with six rows of grain and most Of them run from four and half inches
 The most promising of these vari- cites will be planted more extensive ! Iy next year. and within two years there will be seeds produced to dis ! tribute among the farmers.
 Introduce Tractor.
 The Fairbanks and Rampant experi- mental stations have introduced the tractor in farm work in Alaska, and l the success that has resulted from i their use has attracted so much atten- ton that several farmers will intro . ducc them next year One tractor can do the work of six horses. and ! they do not eat when they are not ! working. There is no work on the farm or road that horses can do that cannot be done by a tractor. and there are lots of things the tractor will do that horses cannot do
 Will Make Flour at Fairbanks. The experimental farm at Fair banks. where 30 acres of wheat were raised this year. will have a bolting l apparatus this year so that flour can be made for the farmers. It is fig urod that a very large percentage of the flour used in the interior this wear will be made there. The mill on the experimental farm was estab- 1 lished some time ago, but heretofore only graham flour was made.
 Farmers Doing We'll.
 Dr. Georgeson says the farmers Of Fairbanks and vicinity planted a large area this year and were harvesting a big crop when he left there. There are four self-binders in the Fairbanks country, and more than 100 acres of wheat were raised to maturity. and will be threshed this year
 "One farmer in Fairbanks told me that he will make $1OOOO this year from a 10O-acre farm This is in addition to the produce used for his family. hired men and stock. He raised so tons of hay for sale and $50 tons of potatoes and other crops. Hay sells for $75 a ton and potatoes for %1OO a ton
 Tuberculosis lnfests Fairbanks Milk
 Stock
 The hardest blow to Fairbanks farmers this year was the discovery of tuberculosis among the herds of milk stock Most of those discovered with tuberculosis were in the Hinck- ley herd where g head out of a herd of 26 were condemned. Several other cows were condemned. The loss to | Hinkley alone was $75OO. and the result of the condemnation was a shortage of milk in Fairbanks Five cows were on the way to Fairbanks, | however, and more are expected be l fore the winter begins Whether or not these cows will be fit for beef will be determined later,
 | Fairbanks People Feel There Shout d
 Be Compensation. The farmers of Fairbanks believe there should be compensation to the farmers for the loss sustained on ac- count of the condemnation of these 1 cows The rule in the states is that when the stock is condemned on ac- count of disease the federal govern ment bears One-third of the cost the state one-third and the owner ol the stock one-third, The federal law pro vding for this does not apply to l Alaska
 The tests of the cows at Fairbanks was made by C. P. Parker of the department of agriculture, who was loaned to the territory by Dr. GeorG- esOn and who acted under the au- thOrity of the territorial law recently passed. MT Parker has remained at Fairbanks. and will further exarrine the cows to determine whether or not they will make beef.
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