CONTENTS 



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Introdnction 9 



The location of the grass lands 11 



Kadiak Island 11 



Alaska Peninsula and adjacent islands 12 



Unalaska and the neighboring islands 12 



Kenai Peninsula 13 



The Yakutat plains _ . 14 



Important factors relating to the agricultural value of the grass lands. 16 



The abundance and permanence of native fodder plants . . - 16 



Bluetop -. 16 



Beach rye 16 



Bluegrass 1 



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Silver-top 17 



Siberian fescue _ . 17 



Sedges 17 



Alaska lupine 17 



Fireweed 18 



Food value of native Alaskan grasses 18 



Cultivable forage crops 19 



Silage alone as a ration for milch cows 20 



Alaskan experience in stock raising 21 



Hogs 21 



Goats _.. 21 



Sheep husbandry 22 



Cattle 23 



Population and available markets 25 



Freights and transportation 26 



Desirability of south Alaska as a home 26 



Climate 26 



Garden products 27 



Fuel 28 



Choice of a location 28 



Land laws applying to Alaska . . 29 



Homesteads 30 



Application for a homestead for surveyed land 31 



Inceiitive rights of homestead settlers 31 



Homestead settlers on unsurveyed lands 32 



Cultivation in grazing districts ^ 32 



Homestead claims not liable for debt and not salable 33 



Soldiers and sailors' homestead rights - - - 32 



Soldiers* additional homestead entry 33 



Description of plates 38 



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