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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Alaska interested in the development of its agriculture. Questions 

 relating to the temperature, moisture, and drainage of the soil, the 

 curing and storage of forage plants, and the shelter and care of animals 

 will receive early attention. 



The Weather Bureau of this Department will also establish a special 

 climatological service in Alaska the present season. A meteorological 

 station will be located at Sitka and instruments will be furnished to 

 voluntary observers in different parts of Alaska. In this way observa- 

 tions will be regularly made, which it is hoped will be of much service 

 in the solution of agricultural problems, as well as of great importance 

 to other interests in Alaska. 



Fig. 9. — Townshend Hall, Ohio State University. Butter-making room. 



The Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior has sent 

 out parties to examine and map portions of Alaska hitherto almost or 

 entirely unexplored. One party will survey the region adjacent to the 

 141st meridian, while others will explore the drainage basins of the 

 White and Tanana rivers, the Kuskokwim Eiver, and the Sushitna 

 River. The several parties are expected to rendezvous at St. Michaels 

 in September. In addition to these parties the War Department will 

 send an expedition to explore the Copper River region. Two geologists 

 will accompany this expedition. 



