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Excerpt from Vegetable Growing in Alaska
In this bulletin an attempt is made to present in an assimilated form what experiments and experience have taught as the best prae tice for vegetable growing in Alaska. It is of course understood that it is utterly impossible to give directions which can be followed in all places and under all circumstances. The Territory Of Alaska is so extensive and the climatic conditions so variable that a prae tice which may be highly satisfactory in one section or in a given locality may result in total failure in others. Indeed, it is not in frequently the case that a practice which is successful in any given locality one year may result in failure the next year. This is the case, for instance, when the season is very wet one year and dry the next. In a wet season it is quite often-desirable to raise the seed beds 4. To 6 inches by shoveling out the paths between them, but this prae tice is not a success in a dry season. It is therefore possible to give only general directions in a bulletin which is intended to be of use in the whole Territory.
There are two factors which modify the practice in Alaska as com pared with farming and gardening elsewhere; and these are (1) the climate, and (2) the soil. The Alaska climate has a reputation for rigor and inclemency on which it is not necessary to comment here. This fact is accepted as a matter of course. The fact that the soil differs in many respects from soil in more temperate latitudes is perhaps not SO well understood. Such is, nevertheless, the case, and before one can work it successfully he must learn, either from his own experience or the experience of others, in what respects it dif fers from soil in lower latitudes.
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In this bulletin an attempt is made to present in an assimilated form what experiments and experience have taught as the best prae tice for vegetable growing in Alaska. It is of course understood that it is utterly impossible to give directions which can be followed in all places and under all circumstances. The Territory Of Alaska is so extensive and the climatic conditions so variable that a prae tice which may be highly satisfactory in one section or in a given locality may result in total failure in others. Indeed, it is not in frequently the case that a practice which is successful in any given locality one year may result in failure the next year. This is the case, for instance, when the season is very wet one year and dry the next. In a wet season it is quite often-desirable to raise the seed beds 4. To 6 inches by shoveling out the paths between them, but this prae tice is not a success in a dry season. It is therefore possible to give only general directions in a bulletin which is intended to be of use in the whole Territory.
There are two factors which modify the practice in Alaska as com pared with farming and gardening elsewhere; and these are (1) the climate, and (2) the soil. The Alaska climate has a reputation for rigor and inclemency on which it is not necessary to comment here. This fact is accepted as a matter of course. The fact that the soil differs in many respects from soil in more temperate latitudes is perhaps not SO well understood. Such is, nevertheless, the case, and before one can work it successfully he must learn, either from his own experience or the experience of others, in what respects it dif fers from soil in lower latitudes.
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.
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Charles Christian Georgeson
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Charles Christian Georgeson
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