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I planted 700 poinids of potatoes, (•omnicnciiii: on tlio 1st day of May. 1004, 

 and planted sonic as late as tlu' first of .Inne. on jifound wliicli I clcannl durinf; 

 May. I was siu-prised this fall to sec that the last jilantin.ic was just as largo 

 and t:ood as the tirst. 1 harvested in all JO tons of jiotatoes, for which 1 have 

 a ready niarUct at -Sll per ln(» ponnds. .\ext I ipjantcil fciur papi-rs nf Scarlet 

 Horn Carrots. They were the largest anil best Iliat anyone ever saw in this 

 country. Sonic of tlicnrwcrc three inches across the tup end. I raised !Mi(i jiounils 

 in all, and sold them at 1."> cents per pound. I iilanted four p.ijiers of parsnips 

 of the Early Round varictx'. 'riiesc were as tine and larire as the carrots, lint I 

 r;iised only 'AOO pounds. They sell for 2r» cents iior jtound. I idanted foin- 

 papers of Ci-inison Glolu' heets. They also grew to perfection. Some of them 

 weigheil I ixnuids. and in all I gathered t;:i(i iiounds. These sell at '2'> cents ])er 

 Iiound, I also i»lanled foui- jiapers of turnips of the White Flat Strap-leaf 

 and the rurple-toii. I'.cilh l<iii(ls did well and grew to good si/.e : tlii' largest 

 one weighed ItiA poiimls ; I gathered 1..")i)0 poinids. I [ilanted fimr jiapcrs of 

 ruta-hagas. which did well; the hirgest weighed I'J piniiids. hut these did not 

 yield as well as turnips liy "jod ]>ounds: they sell foi- S cents jier pound. I'our 

 liapers of Extra Early lirowu Spanish onions came. up well, imt grew slowly 

 and did not amount to much. Three jiapers of peas did well, and kei)t hearing 

 till frost came. Septemi)er :'>. These seeds were all i)lanted in oiu'ii ground 

 during the month of May. 



I planted two i»a])ers of Stonemason cahhage and ;ilso one jijipcr of cauli- 

 tiower in the hothouse in .Vpril and transplanted them in .luiie. hut they did 

 not do at all well. I also planted two pajiers of beans, select variety, and one 

 Early Red Valentine, hut neither of them matured. You will see that I did 

 remarkably well, and I must say that farming in Alaska on a small scale is a 

 success, and I have made more money this year farming than before in mining. 



I must not forget to mention my radishes and lettuce, for they were the 

 pride of the table all summer. Many thanks for the seed you sent me last 

 s[>ring, and also for that you also sent me this fall. .\s this was my tirst year 

 farming, I am again without seed, but next spring 1 shall set out carrots, 

 turnips, ruta-bagas, parsnips, and other vegetables and try and raise my own 

 seed. 



I will experiment with any seed .vou would like me to try. and I shall take 

 great pleasure in doing so, for I do think the tinte is coming very fast when 

 Alaska will produce her own vegetables of all kinds, probably not every year in 

 all places, hut when one ]>lace should fail the supply in another iilace would 

 suffice. 



.1 .1. 'J'iinih(ir(/r. Farbdiihs, Ahif<ka. — I send you samples of grains in tliis 

 mail which 1 raised this past season (1004) at this place. I took no i)ains at all 

 with it, but scratched up a small patch on very poor soil, and also harvested it 

 a little too early. I sowed it May S and harvested it August l."i. The season 

 was very bac-kward, and we had two light frosts during the summer, but I am 

 satisfied that grain will (h* all right here with fair attention. I did not put 

 fertilizer on the soil. My vegetables were very good, considering the season 

 and the attention given them. I sowed a little of everything for an experiment, 

 and 1 am sure that in time this will be a farming and self-supiiorting district. 

 I have sow'ed Alsike clover aird timothy seeds, and will know if the winter is 

 too severe for it by another season. 



J. F. Karshiier, McKjic Hot Spriiu/s, Baker Creek Stdtion, Alaska. — This year 

 (19041 I have red currants, black currants, and red raspberries growing wild 

 at my place, also the service berry, or cherry as some call it. 1 shall try each 

 by cultivation and see what results follow. 



