ALASKA KXPEHIMKNT STATIONS. , 355 



and brokoii <> ucn's iiiori' :iii<l tCiiccMl it. Foi" coiucnicMUM' the field 

 by the hou.so. is di'si^nutt'd in this ivport :is Kichl A; tlie field l)tick 

 in the woods. Field !>. 



GENERAL LMPKOVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS. 



Last year I purchased a Imihliiiii" of the Alasi<:i Paekeis .Vssoeiatioii 

 whieh had heeii used for ([uaiters for Chinamen while the eannery here 

 was in o[)eration. The object was to tear the house down and with the 

 lumber build a barn for inn)leinents and '•rain. The buildini^- as it 

 stood measured 75 by 24 by 10 feet. 1 took it down, moved the lum- 

 ber a miles, and built a bani here measuring- 04 by 24 by 10 feet; we 

 havinjjf sonve lum)>er l(>ft. The old implemeiit shed is ])eini^ converted 

 into a stable for horses and cattle. (PI. XII, fij^s. 1 and 2.) 



Fourteen hens and a cock were bouuht in Au<;ust and the old silo 

 buildinu- converted into a chicken house. 



A 3-year-oId cow was boujiht in Auj^ust for the station. 



One of the oxen brought up here in 1S*)I> died last sprin*^-. 



Last year a yoke of oxen were shipped here from Portland, Oreg., 

 but one of them had received so severe injuries on the voyage that he 

 died a week after landing. 



The station herd now consists of 2 cows, a 16-month-old heifer calf, 

 a 2-year-old steer, and 2 oxen; H head in all. 



Twelve tons of native grass were I'ut, cured, and stacked in -luly 

 and Auoust. Al)Out 7 tons of this are now in stack. 



Of the orchard set out in the spring of 11H>2 there are alive .') api)le 

 trees, 1 cherr}- tree, 7 raspberry bushes, 10 gooseberr}^ liushes, and 1 

 currant bush. 



The apple trees grew very slowly during the sunmier. The cherry 

 tree grew shoots about ?> feet long, and seems healthy. The raspl>erries 

 made a remarkable growth from the loots and sent up many new canes, 

 but all of last year's stems were winterkilled, so the}'^ did not bear 

 anv fruit. The gooseberries grew new stems, 2 to 3 feet long, but did 

 not bear. The currant bush made a normal growth without bearing 

 anv fruit. The strawbei-ries, >'} varieties, did i-emarkal)ly wtdl, and 

 rijxMied nearly a gallon of berries, but, owing to the birds, there were 

 seldom more than 3 or 4 ri])e berries to be found at a time. New plants 

 were made l)y the hundred in the latter part of the sunmier, so the 

 beds will need to be exfiMided next year. 



The grain has been hauled oil' the field, and the ])ortion which was 

 dry enough to stack has been stacked up; the rest is standing in shock 

 in the stack yard. Five acres of the grain field have not yet been 

 plowed this fall. 



NOTES ON VKCiKTAHLES. 



Potatoes. — Early Hose and Farly r>iiil);uik were planted ISIay 23. 

 They did not all come up until about July 0, but when once up they 



