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as I have seen them anywhere, and I believe that the conditions of this region will 

 agree with these varieties very well; but the red clover is uneven, comparatively 

 short, and looks somewhat dried up, as though the soil was too poor for it. 



In connection with my above-mentioned experiments, it must be remembered that 

 last summer was unusually cold and rainy right through, and all planting here was 

 two or three weeks later than ordinary seasons, where no very good results could be 

 expected. 



Very respectfully, 



Herman V. Scheele. 



Prof. C. C. Georgeson, Sitka, Alaska. 



CATTLE DO WELL ON NATIVE FEED. 



Yakutat, Alaska, November 14, 1900. 



Dear Sir: I received last year at this mission a great many seeds from you. I 

 have made a test of those I thought tit for the country. 



I began to plant the seeds in May, and planted as much as I found time to. Some 

 of the seeds did pretty well. 



I raised fine cauliflower, cabbage, radishes, peas, lettuce, turnips, etc. Onions 

 grow very small here, but my potatoes were large and ripened so well this year that 

 I think I never saw better ones. 



I think yearly more and more of stock raising as a business in Alaska. There are 

 hundreds of places where grass is plentiful, and this coarse grass along the beach 

 gives good satisfaction. It has done so for me for years back. 



I keep four or five head of cattle and feed them on silage all winter, and they are 

 all the time in good condition, and the cows give good milk. As Alaska develops 

 there will be a growing demand for beef. 



This country will soon come to the front and people will find many ways of mak- 

 ing money in this part of Alaska. Here is plenty of fish, of course; but any one who 

 has cattle to sell will surely find a market for them. The beef grown in Alaska is 

 excellent. 



A silo can be made very cheaply anywhere where wood is found. I made mine 

 of boards only, and it answers the purpose very well. I do not think anybody in 

 Alaska has better feed for cattle than my silage. I have had now beef here for 

 nearly twelve years, and I can see a great change. 

 Respectfully, 



(Rev.) Albian Johnson. 



Prof. C. C. Georgeson, Sitka, Alaska. 



[The above letter came to me too late for last year's report. — C. C. G.] 



NATIVES BEGIN TO RAISE GARDENS — LARGE DEMAND FOR SEED. 



Kenai, Alaska, September 24, 1900. 



Sir: I will mention at the outset that we have had a very unfavorable summer. 

 Long droughts in the spring (almost two months); cold winds. All this of course 

 reflected upon our planting. 



In regard to the cultivation of ground and planting of vegetables among the natives 

 of Cook Inlet, I must say with great pleasure that a big step has been taken forward. 

 Not more than three years back my parishioners, not excluding Creoles, did not know 

 how to eat lettuce, cabbage, and radishes, let alone planting any. They planted only 

 potatoes and turnips, and this on a small scale. In some of the settlements, as Sal- 

 dovia, English Bay, and Knik, there was not a single vegetable garden. At present 



