Report of the Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations . Rpt. Alaska Agr. Expt. Stations, 1918. Plate Fig. 2.—Thrashing Machine at Work, Fairbanks Station. SUMMARY OF WORK. 17 until late in the fall, the first killing frost occurring October 12,more than a month later than at Rampart and Fairbanks. The frost-free period was 141 days as against 94 days at Rampart. The grow-ing season of grain will be somewhat longer than in the Yukon andTan ana Valleys. It is safe to assume that grain crops that willmature at the former places will without doubt mature in the Mata-nuska Valley. Wbeat, barle
Report of the Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations . Rpt. Alaska Agr. Expt. Stations, 1918. Plate Fig. 2.—Thrashing Machine at Work, Fairbanks Station. SUMMARY OF WORK. 17 until late in the fall, the first killing frost occurring October 12,more than a month later than at Rampart and Fairbanks. The frost-free period was 141 days as against 94 days at Rampart. The grow-ing season of grain will be somewhat longer than in the Yukon andTan ana Valleys. It is safe to assume that grain crops that willmature at the former places will without doubt mature in the Mata-nuska Valley. Wbeat, barley, and oats that had been seeded forgrain all matured. Potatoes do remarkably well in the MatanuskaValley, and the station had a fair crop. The settlers have dependedaltogether too much on potatoes as their money crop. Everybodyplanted potatoes on an extensive scale with the result that there wasa large overproduction. It is estimated that 600 tons of potatoescame out of the root cellars in the Matanuska Valley in the springof 1918 and were wasted for lack of live stock to which to feed st
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