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Weatlier conditions - - "^ 



Summary of the season's work - - ' 



Sitka Station - 7 



Burning lime ^ 



Cooperation with settlers - 1^ 



Meteorological work - H 



Copper Center Station - -_- H 



Irrigation may be necessary --- -■ 13 



Fertilizers improve the yield - 13 



Fall plowing essential - - 1^ 



Early seeding necessary . - 1^ 



Rampart Station 1^ 



Kenai Stati« m — !■* 



Reservation at Fairbanks - - - - 1^ 



The Tanana Valley - --- 18 



Hot Springs. Tanana Valley 1^ 



Work with livestock- - - 20 



Situation at Kenai - > 21 



Homesteads ** - 



Grass investigations --■ 



Imports of farm products - -- '^^ 



Forests in the interior _ - - 23 



Analy.sesof soil from Sitka Station - - 25 



Angora goats at Copper Center - - - 26 



Notes on garden and nursery, Sitka Station, 1905 - 27 



Apples - - 2 ' 



Cherries - — '^^ 



Plums - - - ^1 



Bush fruits ^'^ 



Ornamentals. ^* 



Vegetables ^^ 



Work at the Copper Center Station 39 



Outline of < perations . - 39 



Weather conditions -- ^" 



Culture work and field notes ^^ 



Vegetables — ^1 



Nursery ^ 



Flower garden ^'* 



Fall seeding - - ^* 



Live stock- _ 



Work at the Rampart Station ... • ^^ 



Weather conditions for the year - ^5 



Progress of station work ^^ 



Field crops - ^" 



Vegetables ^^ 



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60 



Flowers 



Distribution of seed . 



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