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some 20 miles distant. The tract comprises 1,393.97 acres. It is in 

 many respects ideal. A low ridge of hills runs almost parallel to 

 the railway, beginning near the southeast corner of the reservation 

 and extending in a westerly direction three-fourths of the distance 

 across the tract. This ridge is covered with fine timber, consisting 







Fig. 1. -Map of proposed United States reservation for experiment station purposes between 

 Fairbanks and Chena, Alaska. 



of almost equal proportions of spruce and birch. AAlieii cleared it 

 will afford a fine southern slope for culture. The northward slope 

 of this ridge is more gradual than that on the south side. It is 

 timbered in the same way, though the timber is smaller. In the 

 jnorthwest corner of the tract is another elevation, which affords slopes 



