GRAIN TO THE YUKON

Evening Post, Issue 36, 12 February 1935, Page 16

GRAIN TO THE YUKON

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(Special to the "Evening Post.") . PALMERSTONN., This Day. ' ! When on a visit to .the Yukon terri-j tory a year or so ago, Mr. IC W. Dal-, i rymple, of Bulls, made ■ the. acquaint-1 ance of several ranch owners, and a ! discussion oh grain growing ended with a promise, by Mr. Dalrymple to;forward a sample of New. Zealand seed for trial in Alaskan soil. He sent a sample of Garton oats, and in a letter just; received;, they are declared by the recipient, Mr. G. Fairclough, of Fort Selkirk, to be as fine a sample as he has ever seen. In the course of an ■ interesting fetter, Mr. Fairclough-states that gold mining is still iri 'fashion, in the-Yukon, with many prospectors in the. field, and more places are being mined than usual. Ranchers in the '^strict had experienced a fine summer and autumn, with very little rain and plenty of sunshine. Mr. Dalrymple suggests that, there should be scope for investigating the possibilities of exporting grain seed to Canada and Alaska. ■ In his forty-five years' service us village postman, Mr. Lattimore, of Covby. Ketteriiijr, liab walked arid cycled over 550,000 J miles.* ' "■" ' " " i