PALMER CENTER Of RESEARCH
Cont. from wage 1
that the program be initiated'next year
with an appropriation of $150,000 and tha1
such program be "developed over a five
year period to a program costing three or
four tines that amount."
The agricultural group estimated that
there probably is not more than one mil
lion acres of suitable fain land in the
Territory, and recommended that increased
attention will be directed to dairying and
the raising of poultry, hogs,’beef cattle,
sheep and goats in the future.
The course of action recommended by the
group to Congress for an intensive agri
cultural research program in Alaska is
based upon the need for information "to
guide new settlement." Becognizing the
unique problems of the territory, the so
called task force recommended the follow
ing to the Senate and House committees:
1. Detailed soil classification and ’.tap
ping within the two principal farming
areas,"the Hatanuska Valley and the Tanana
".'alley, with some work in the area near
Anchorage and Homer.
S. Research to develop reliable informa
tion regarding control of diseases, har
vesting. storage, processing and handling
of cereal crops, potatoes, vegetables and
small fruits.
3. A study of climatic influences to guide
the development of research on crop pos
sibilities in Alaska.
4. Establishment of a central research
Station located in the I.ntanuska Valley
and two sub-stations, probably in the
Tanana Valley and one on the Kenai Penin
sula, in order to conduct research in
live-stock breeding, feeding and’managemen
problems peculiar to those areas.
5. An expanded research rrogram on fur
bearing animals, Continued on wage 5 7
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