Northern light., May 01, 1917, Image 3

About Northern light. (Unalakleet, Alaska) 1913-1917

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HOW WE DOIT
In this latitude, and on the cost, we
luve : ot failed in raising the follow
ing vegetables;potatoes,cabbage,tur
nips, pars tips, caulaflower. lettuce,
celery, carrots, onions, and for years
have grown some excellent pieplant
(outside variety) leaving it in the
ground over winter, of course we
were careful to set the roots where
s iow drifts deeply. The soil here is
not naturally suitable It is a spit
thrown up by the action of the waves
and river,but is suffiiciently high and
dry eauf. We enriched it by wheel
ing loads and loads of rich soil found
in old igloo sites, and by burryi gall
over the garden scores of coal buck
ets of fish offal. As to the quality of
the vegetables we are frank in saying
we have ne ver tasted better.
The potatoes are not quite as dry
as some outside varieties, but much
s weeter which makes them, with us,
s’uj>erior to outside potatoes. Last
se isoii we raised 1200 lbs of potatoes
o i a track of ground 33 ft. by 51 ft.
Some weighing nearly a pound and a
half. At $5.00 a crate an acre would
mean more than ficooco We are
regreti g that this article has been
delayed until so late, but it may be
an encouragement toother teachers
in the future. All the garden work,
p' i iti »g,transplanting etc have Ireen
do le as is usually done in the states
with the exception of the potatoes.
The following is the plan v\e have
resorted to in order to get a better
devoloped potatoe. About the mid
dle of April we cut the potatoes with,
usually, one eye on a piece and place
them close together, some times
olmost touching, in a shollow box in
which tlitre is some two incites of
dirt; after they are all placed, with
eyes upward, cover with an inch of
dirt and keep where it is warm. When
weather is suitable transplant setir.g
two plants to the hill some three feet
apart Two years ago the plants were
six or eight inches high before it was
s ife to transplant ;a few potatoes the
size of a blue berry had already
farmed. The result was highly sat
isfactory. If transplanted when the
ground is moist and late in theafter
noo 1 the plants do not wilt but con
tinue green and growing.
A REMINDER
Our pupils gave us a very pleasant
evening and many valued presents
as a token that they had not forgot
ten April 27 was our birthday. Your
teacher he irtily and sincerely thanks
you one and all.
WOULD YOU TAKE THE JOB?
A Carlisle graduate once applied
for a position at the agency offiice.
“Have you a job open anywhere?’*
asked the Carlisler “Yes,” said the
benevolent agent,' ‘there’s a job opoiv
at the livery barn at $45 a month,**
“Huh,” said the Carlisler, “I’m a
graduate of Carlisle, “and saying this
he v tike l off >vi:h his head high and
his thumbs in the arm holes of his
vest. This is not the spirit which
should be shown by a boy who
wishes to succeed.- Carlisle Arroiv
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