Author: Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-28

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780265847374

Excerpt from Report of the Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1915 In the coast region the rainfall was also less than usual during the first half of the summer. This was favorable to all kinds of fruits and vegetables. At the Sitka Station the strawberries began to mature by the middle of June, the earliest date on record. The KO diak Station was affected unfavorably by this weather. The grass did not grow with its normal vigor, and grain crops seeded for hay were stunted for lack of rain. Nevertheless, there was sufficient pas ture to keep the cattle in fine condition. When it did begin to rain it rained so continuously that it interfered seriously with hay making, and barely enough hay and silage was saved to carry the herd through the winter. The farmers and gardeners throughout the whole Territory report a favorable season. Vegetables and berries were never better or produced in greater abundance. To point out the striking difference between the seasons of 1914 and 1915, there is given below a condensed temperature record taken from 18 stations, which represent the whole Territory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.