5 HOWER HOMESTEADER
Vol.3 No. 16
j'omer
Glaska
July 29-1.916
AGRICULTURAL SPECIALISTS VISIT HOMER
n. h. Ellis, livestock nutritionist, R. E.
Kemper, veterinarian, 4.a. Savage, specialist
in range grasses and forage, Chap. Wilson,
Entomologist, make up a party, sent to alaska!
to study conditions in the several agricultural
areas. I.M.C. Anderson, accompanied them to
Homer.
These gentlemen are intensely interested in
•the possibilities of our undevetohed farms and
out of their recommendations may come consider
able aid in our development, from the U.S. leht.
of agriculture.
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I omer is fortunate in having these men visit us!
we wish ther could come more often.
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KNOCK
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NEW INDUSTRY FOR HOMER
hen I eath has his building about comhleted and the near hall will
be used to process Claskan wild berries. The Glaskan market will
be exploited first and later as volume increases, the outside
market will be reached Mrs. Feath has lots of novel ideas as
regards marketing Alaskan products and expects to try them out
soon in this new venture.
ALASKA
WILD BERRY PRODUCTS
KEN and HAZEL HEATH
HOMER, ALASKA
Then want the Iomer folks to know
that they will be wild berries at any
time and il necess nu will call for them.
This might be an ohhortunity for the
voungsters to obtain readh cash.
The ohening of the road will give
access to alot of good ferry country and
especially the Kenai lake country which
produces so mam lom lush cranberries.
Seven different kinds of wild ferries
abound in certain nearby districts and
MAKE
YOURMthat such 199 on morperves made
from these berries is found to have a
consumer demand,