. Bulletin. 18 BULLETIN 50, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. P. Lundeen has a 320-acre homestead across the river from Eagle. He writes, under date of July 26, 1912: Although last season was unusually dry, I raised a fair crop of garden truck, such as cabbage, carrots, lettuce, peas, radishes, and turnips, but was unable to dispose of any of it, as the town of Eagle is now almost deserted since the abandonment of the Army post; and the freight rates to more flourishing towns farther down the river are so high that they are positively prohibitive. The merchants at Fairbanks, Tanana, Ruby, Idita
. Bulletin. 18 BULLETIN 50, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. P. Lundeen has a 320-acre homestead across the river from Eagle. He writes, under date of July 26, 1912: Although last season was unusually dry, I raised a fair crop of garden truck, such as cabbage, carrots, lettuce, peas, radishes, and turnips, but was unable to dispose of any of it, as the town of Eagle is now almost deserted since the abandonment of the Army post; and the freight rates to more flourishing towns farther down the river are so high that they are positively prohibitive. The merchants at Fairbanks, Tanana, Ruby, Iditarod, and other points can obtain special contract rates from the steamboat companies, which enable them to lay down all farm and garden products from the States cheaper than they can handle the Alaskan products. Until the matter of excessive local freight charges is remedied farming at a profit will be out of the question. We have had an abundance of rain so far this season, and my crops bid fair to excel anything I have had since I have been in this Fig. 7.—Home and flower garden in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Photographed by Huey.) Circle is 100 miles or more downstream from Eagle, and within 50 miles of the Arctic Circle. Nels Rasmussen has a 20-acre field adjoining the town devoted mainly to the raising of oat hay for his freighting teams. C. R. Rieger has a homestead a few miles out of town, on which he has a herd of cattle and a silo. At Tanana, which is at the confluence of the Yukon River and the Tanana, John Kehoe is growing a wide range of crops on his home- stead. Mention of Mr. Kehoe's method of getting rid of the moss and putting the land in condition for cropping will indicate one of the difficulties of opening up an Alaskan Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United Stat
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