| Show no kw asp t sto in deciding to establish agricultural experiment stations in alaska the government bai has taken what every la in tell teut igent person will consider nilder co an ex vite step so little Is 1 known ot at the vegetable product products ot at alaska that the work would b be interesting it for to other reason than that it would familiarize us c with what crow grow a there but this la Is very far from the real intent and ot of the unger undertaking taking an As the atae become settled cettl ed the que question of agriculture mill become more and more important and it will be b ot at great consequence conie quence to settlers abd ald those laten aing to make that thit co country u n t r y their home to know juat just what t they h e y cin mn ralf raise t there here in ilk order to subsist 11 the headquarter headquarters ot at the experiment burcia will be at t sitka fron from this po nt the department will work wherever there appears to be nt west need for its it lam love considerable research ret earch will be undertaken in the line of surveys and geological geolot teal and clence science the value ot of such information can scarcely t appreciated I 1 SA 11 A ile t M hi eair ii i ji V U |