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use, the plants to be grown, and to various other topics relative to 

 carrying out the entire plan of this work. Along agronomic lines 

 the efforts of the institution have been directed toward the increase 

 in the average yield per acre of the common farm crops by means 

 of better cultural processes and the more careful selection of seed. 



The officers of the station took part in agricultural extension work 

 among the rural people which the station is intended to serve. 



The following bulletins were received from the station during the 

 3'ear: Bulletin 15, Increasing the Yield of Corn; IG, Some Orna- 

 mental Plants of Macon County, Ala. ; and 17, Possibilities of the 

 Sweet Potato in Macon County, Ala. 



The station is maintained by an annual State appropriation of 

 $1,500. Although its means are limited, the station is exerting a 

 good influence on the agricultural practices of the people it reaches. 



ALASKA. 



Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations, Sitka, Kodiak, Rampart, and 



Fairbanks. 



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

 United States Department of Agriculture. 



C. C. Geoegeson, M. S., Special Agent in Charge, Sitka. 



The only changes in the personnel of the Alaska stations during 

 the past fiscal year were the resignation of R. W. De Armond, of the 

 Sitka station, who was succeeded by A. J. Wilkus, a graduate of the 

 Minnesota Agricultural College, and the resignation of H. G. Zoell- 

 ner, who was for a short time connected with the Sitka station. 



A few additions were made to the buildings of the Alaska stations, 

 the principal ones being a 100-ton silo and a horse and sheep barn at 

 the Kodiak station, a combined granary, shop, and implement shed 

 at Eampart, and a combined shop, tool house, and implement shed at 

 Fairbanks. 



The i^lans outlined in former reports have been strictly adhered to. 

 The main lines of work of the Alaska stations are grain breeding for 

 the development of early maturing varieties at the Rampart station; 

 the breeding of horticultural plants, particularly berries and fruits 

 suited to the Alaska climate at Sitka; cattle and sheep breeding at 

 Kodiak; and the growing of general farm crops at Fairbanks, with 

 a view to demonstrating whether or not an average farmer can 

 make agriculture a success in Alaska. 



At the Rampart station about 25 acres are now available for ex- 

 perimental purposes. The success previously reported in the grow- 

 ing of cereals at this station, which is located in the Yukon Valley at 

 65° 30' N. latitude, has been repeated, and it seems to be demon- 



