40 REPUKT Ul" U1''1''I(.'K Ol-' EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



INCOME. 



The iiR'oiiic of the slalion (hiring the i)ast liscal year was as fol- 

 lows : 



State appropriation $1, 500 



PUBLICATION. 



Bulletin (J, on how lo build up wornout soils, contains a discussion 

 on this subject based upon the result of eight years' experiments. 



ALASKA. 



Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations, Sitka, Kenai, Copper Center, and 



Rdinparl. 



Under the supervision of A. C. True, Director, Office of Experiment Stations, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. 



C. C. Georgeson, M. S., Special Agent in Charcc, 8itka. 

 GENEKAL OUTLOOK. 



The weather in Alaska is the determining factor which decides for 

 or against the success of agricultural experiments. The past season 

 was, on the Avhole, favorable. In the coast region the summer was 

 warm and sunny, and, as a result, vegetable growing was a success 

 and there were excellent gardens throughout that region. In the 

 interior, on the other hand, the season was less favorable than usual 

 in that the spring was late and wet and seeding was consequently 

 late and growth slow in early sunnner. But in some sections of the 

 interior there were no killing frosts until September. In other 

 places, as, for instance, in the Copper River Valley, there was a kill- 

 ing frost on August 14 -which practically destroyed all kinds of 

 garden and field crops. 



At the Sitka Station the lines of w'ork heretofore reported were 

 continued. Much work was done in the -way of propagating nursery 

 stock, draining and improving soil, and in experiments in horticul- 

 ture. Early maturing apples and also some cherries, raspberries, 

 and currants were distributed from this station to about 150 coopera- 

 tors located in nearly all parts of the Territory. This work will be 

 continued and extended in the future, the object being to ascertain 

 if the tree fruits can be successfully grown in any part of Alaska. 

 To this end all kinds of hardy, early-maturing varieties of fruit trees 

 and fruit bushes are propagated, distributed, and tested. The sta- 

 tion has also under way experiments with cabbage, cauliflower, pota- 

 toes, and peas to find varieties best suited to Alaska conditions. Some 

 satisfactory results were obtained. It must be noted, however, that 

 the soil at the Sitka Station has not yet been brought to a satisfac- 



