Show ALASKA homesteads A circular for the use of those who are thinking of settling ng in in alaska has just been issued by the department of agriculture as circular no 1 of the alaska experiment stations under the title of information for pros settlers in alaska this circular is designed to answer questions as to the climate and agricultural areas of alaska the best places to locate the ways of obtaining a farm the means and cost of transports tion cost of living what v hat crops can be grown possibilities of live stock brodu production tion labor condi tins school facilities game laws etc etc the publication is intended primarily for the benefit of homesteaders it is stat stated that the agricultural area of alaska mainly in the interior valleys is as large as the combined areas of the states of pennsylvania maryland delaware new jersey connecticut massachusetts vermont and new hampshire and it should be capable of sup poring a p population nearly equal to that supported by the agricultural products of those states the circular contains a report on the agricultural possibilities ties of the valley of the matakuska Ma river through which the government railroad is now being constructed and where as a result settlement has recently been rapid the great problem here as elsewhere in alaska is the clearing of the generally heavily wooded land the soil and climate have been found favorable to general farming the experience of the past few deais years having shown that a considerable sid erable variety of fields crops vegetables and fruits can be produced |