Douglas Island news., 1919-09-12
ALASKAN FARMS
 ARE FEATURED
Seattle Times in specia Edition Carries Article by Alaskan
 Girl

mrr.. contributes au article on ca, mur. of farming In Che territory Tho article .s cNccoluely we'll wr.t Gen and a Illustrated with som, splendid sccnc. ol ucI known iarm trr .rots Miss White a Che daush- Ger of Mr. and Mrs. E J White o, rrreru Th. article follows.
 A pamancat population for Alas tr How rhau It bc accomplished.
 Wh rc.our.es ucomparably r.ch- or thar those oi a similar arc1. with fascination which grips cycn those who hrsc .noat n lcv months within her boundaries. Nasal s today nee r. mor. Itau a tuaer Iu matter oi population Numbering less chan ..nn0 at tac outbreak or the world conflict Aa..a offered nearly ha'f frrt number io hcIp win Che war. m. majority of fnc young men en- listed uItr thc lighting forces. while ..rnrlouers- who hadn't boarded Q ..r.rt ..r for twenty years. caught tr. .mmhus- fever aal sfampcdcd to trc s,at.. to ensase u war Iu- du-re
 Today nH. ne.i only attempt fo ob- ...n er,u.or ou ono of thc steam- ship n.. tn roaure thc reaction which h.. followed Aassaus are going r.... taking eIrh rhcm ancu ourr lor One territory a now de termination to un .ar Alaska che roeuror i. Iesor and new population attracted by spirit or rlr.rurr and by confidence m thc opportunities which One territory has to or.r
 r.. soldier from Alaska. n Che ..rtrrm.r. of fnIs country and m t.. trenches or France was Che best ur- aert .he North cvar bad. r.n.n- U. by adc with thc lorrnhor r.u r->.s .te Alaskan t.He constantly and enleus.asf- .sHr .r l.. homo land and fs ped. r.. ru n. No-.hc-a0r who told 0. ...It strawberries t1 Inc quart and rrrn.-b ..1 feet h.eh- One south e.r.- n.I mn rer,r Ether thc AIas- t.r er. . h.nn. Har or ho Uamt aaI H. r.,m. uith Iu.eus ot others. h. -or. No-tr t, d...o,or thc truth for rm... nr. fue signing ot the a.m.u..
 Som. rre gone To prospect for urI. overeI riches ol minerals. com. tu win or Io.e a fortune from ne great fishing banks. others to work or homestead. ,1r whatever tn. .or has to sIeii
 Ym may t... pour pIcs of One forming Hul I'm Alaska. f you don [ n.e tnr southeastern part o- Che tcr- rta-r whore One h.s strawberries thrive .or may ro into Che valleys or m. Copper Yukon Tanart su- .nu or Ku.nm rivers. Alaska ha. rInn.onn acre. ol land suitable for farming .rd erlHnr and capable of producing vegetables which arc superior .o .to.r raised in the more southern uumIe. because Of rhe Ions hours o- summer sunshine which rr.Tr.. n fenIHrer product and . mur. intensive growth
 Several .or. cr potatoes raised by farmers n One Naunussa Valley. along tle e1serameat railroad. are purchased oach yclr by tho Alaskan Eurn.rn- Comm sion tor Che use of noc raraeeI m building che rasrrm.n. railroad There s al- vars enough besides to supply thc mood. of Che lo.ar community Cab- bar.s develop heads often moro chan four Umc as largo as tho head of One average person. and rutabasa. grown Ias. ycar at Dawson. Che mct- ronoIs of .r. K.oad.te I'm thc Yukon Territory measured ror,y-seven m.hr. around pc.s uru.ps. car- rnn and other garden truck grow vorderufy
 Wheat has mlturei gt Fairbanks which average sixty bushels Co One aerr This was during am unusual seasou. .t mus. bo admitted but It proves what cau bc accomplished ah.r fhc wheat does not irosi-k.u rH. United States Agricultural EN. pertinent stations at Fairbanks and Rampant have succeeded. by cross fertilization. m ncrrecfiu- hardy yu- reue of grains which win with. sHnI Che G-f fro.is and matur, carly I'm Che nU Wheat rlpeus iu thc interior valley every year.
 J W..st one ol tbc pioneer farm er near Emrh1rks. has ncta'lcd a smaII re.f mHI eIth a yicv to mUurn homegrown -four Ofce- of Oh. Fairbanks station claim that mfi c.erf -four con he mlIet next fou Q,
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 1T ast nrH grain vas saved To. seeding r.s spring F.ue crops o barley. oats and rye hava been raise. crers season tor several Fear m th. interior saIier of fhc territory.
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