ALABAMA— ALASKA 



to 300 trees may be grown on an acre, 

 and the average tree will produce one 

 bushel of fruit, which will make from 

 150 to 300 bushels, netting $100 to $200 

 per acre. This is a low estimate for the 



fig. This fruit demands the highest price 

 when canned, and finds ready sale on 

 the market, bringing 35 cents per can. 

 The fig is an easy fruit to can. 



W. P. Williams 



Station 



Florence 



Decatur 



Valley Head. 



Oneonto 



Birmingham. 

 AnnistowTi. . . 

 Tuscolusa. . . 

 Good Water. 

 Greensboro . . 

 Pushmataha. . 

 Montgomerj' . 



Opilika 



Eufaula 



Evergreen . . . 

 Alomible - . . . 



FROST 



l''or bloom periods of apples In Soutbern Alabama, see Louisiana, where conditions are similar. 



Alaska 



Alaska is the northwestern extreme of 

 the Cordilleran system of mountain 

 ranges that extends through North 

 America from north to south along the 

 Pacific Ocean, through the central part 

 of the United States, and include that 

 great central range called the Rocky 

 Mountains, also the Cascades, the Sierra 

 Nevada in California, Sierra Madre in 

 Mexico and Central America, and the 

 Andes in South America. Panama is a 

 mountain pass, dividing this range of 

 mountains which is the same range no 

 matter by what names its parts are called 

 in the different countries; it is the same 

 formation caused by the same action of 

 the shrinking of the earth and the con- 

 sequent uplift of parts of its surface, 

 and the destruction of other parts. The 

 highest peak in the range is Mt. Mc- 

 Kinley, over 20,000 feet high; rugged, 

 cold, defiant, it stands like a lone sen- 

 tinel in the far north. 



The country was purchased by the 

 United States for $7,200,000, or about two 

 cents per acre. Considering the distance 

 north, the climate along the coast is mild, 

 for it is washed by the Japan Current 

 which warms its temperature. However, 

 the coast line is rugged, the valleys small. 



and the heavj' rainfall is unfavorable for 

 the growth of many kinds of agricultural 

 products. The interior is drained by the 

 Yukon river. This interior is a great 

 basin which is similar in some respects to 

 the other interior basins near the Pacific 

 Coast where the difference in climate 

 as compared to the coast region is very 

 great. The basin east of the mountain 

 range is warm in summer and exceed- 

 ingly cold in winter. The rainfall is 

 slight and the growing period in the 

 Yukon Valley is only about four months. 

 Judging from the abundance of native 

 fruits, especially of berries, it is believed 

 that varieties from the states can be- 

 come acclimated and grown with some 

 degree of success. 



In his 1912 report C. C. Georgeson, who 

 has charge of the Alaska Experiment 

 Stations, and who is doing much to in- 

 troduce hardy fruits into that country 

 and to develop hardy varieties adapted to 

 the conditions, says: 



Potato Crop 



"Potatoes were grown on a commer- 

 cial scale at Fairbanks, and for profit. 

 The object is to demonstrate that farm- 

 ing can be made to pay in Alaska. The 

 station is somewhat handicapped in 

 carrying out this plan because it does 

 not want to go into competition with 



