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Show AGRICULTURE IN THE YUKON. A report Issued by the Dominion government on tho agricultural ro-sources ro-sources of the Yukou quotes a rovlow by Dr. Dawson, an abstract from which follows. "During the past few years comparatively com-paratively large quantities of oats, potatoes po-tatoes and vegetablos havo bcon grown along tho Yukon" valloy, particularly partic-ularly in the vicinity of Dawson, and In nearly all cases excollont results have been obtained It Is computed that the quantity of potatoes grown near Dawson last season and placod on tho market aggregated 200 tons. It has been, estimated that tho population popula-tion In the Yukon consumes annually $200,000 worth of potatoes Potatoes grown In the Yukon aro quite equal In size to the Imported product, and when the propor kind of seed Is planted and suitable soil and attention atten-tion Is ghen to the cultivation potatoes pota-toes can be grown fully equal in quality to the host outside product. Tho best quality of potatoes so far have boon grown on the Islands In the Yukon river. On tho land surrounding sur-rounding Dawson, either in tho val- I leys or on tho benches, potatoes of good quality can be grown only after the land has been cultivated for a few years. On an Island In the Yukon Yu-kon river at Ogllvlc 175 pounds of potatoes wero planted on May 12, and by the first or second week In September Sep-tember the crop was ready for lifting, and yielded 8,000 pounds. The ground was plowed as early as April frost would would permit, stable manure and about 300 pounds of lime per aero being applied The potatoos were planted as near the surface as possible possi-ble and hilled up as the vines grow It Is estimated that during the pres-ont pres-ont season a much larger quantity of potatoos will be grown than in for- mer years, and some of those interested inter-ested In agriculture predict that within with-in the next few years there will be a sufficient quantity or potatoos 1 grown to supply the market. Besides what Is required for the local markot ,a considerable quantity of potatoes Is shipped every year to Fairbanks and other points In Alaska. "On an Island In the Yukon, at Ogll- ' vie, three or four bushels- or oats per ( acre wero sown anout the first of May and harvested about the middle of August, The yield was about two tons of oat hay per acre, which -rvas sold at an average of 350 per ion. J Native hay, averaging one to one and one-halt tons per acre, was also harvested har-vested about July ID , I "Mnay Islands In tho Klondlko valloy val-loy and along the Yukon havo been cleared and mado into, gardens, in which vegetables of excellent quality aro grown. Last season a compar.v 1 ip "Ti'usjjtJ'i'yBwawy W www tively small quantity of vegetables was Imported, the markot gardeners near Daw6on being almost able to supply tho demand The seeds of nearly all vegetablos arc sown in hothouses hot-houses early In February, and then transplanted to cold-frame boxc3, where plants -which arc intended to bo planted outaldc aro strengthened and prepared for outside planting." Writing of tho growth of gardon produco in tho Yukon valley, Prof Macoun Bays: "Growth of vegetables Ts so rapid and vigorous that to a person coming from the east it Is simply astounding. When I reached Dawson on July lu early cabbages were being set "out. and on August 5 their weignt ranged from throe to five pounds. On tho 22d, when I mado my last visit, hundreds hun-dreds of matured cabbages and cauliflowers cauli-flowers had been cut anc sold I measurod the two lower leaves of a cabbage cut the day berore. and these placed opposite to oach other had an expansion of three feet nme inches, with a breadth of sixteen inches, I cannot call even this an average one, as there were hundreds larger, but later in maturing. Cauliflowers 'wero from six to ten Inches In diameter, but I was told larger ones nad teen cut." |