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Show oo Siberian Wheat Grown in Alaska To Be Milled Soon FAIRBANKS. Alaska, Oct. 17. Siberian Si-berian wheat grown in Alaska may soon bo milled in Fairbanks. Thomas' Riggs, Jr., governor of Alaska, recently recent-ly conferred, with the olTicInls' of the Ur.'tcd States agricultural experiment station here regarding the establishment establish-ment of a mill to grind the crops of Siberian Si-berian wheat interior Alaska is expected ex-pected to yield during the seasons to come. Two hundred and fifty bushels of Siberian Si-berian wheat from tho Fairbanks region re-gion were sent to the states a short time ago for a test run in a flour mill. A definite conclusion regarding the mill will be based on the outcome of the tests. If the wheat meets the expectation ex-pectation held regarding it, the mill will be built and Alaska farmers will plant Siberian wheat extensively next year. Siberian wheat matures in the com- paratlvely brief period of about four months from tho time tho seed is put into tho ground. This quick growth makes the wheat adaptable to the Alaska short summers. According to reports from Siberia, tho home of the Siberian wheat, It mills into good flour. |