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or
Ralph Moore
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IUC DANE CALVES AlkRIVE
Two pure bred Red Dane heifer calves have
just arrived at tL Matanuskn Experiment
Station, It vir s learned this week. These
ca’.ves cane from Beltsvllle Farm In Mary
land and will be used for breeding pur
poses. Records of the Red Danes will be
used to compare with the records of pure
- l,r n- i rnsey stock. Red Dane and Guern
sey crosses will also be produced here
and records kept to compare with the pure
bred records.
Don Irwin, Director of the Alaska Resear
ch Administration, said that they are
keeping all of their heifer calves In or
der to get an average on the project be
ing conducted. They will keep them all
until they have completed their first
lactation period.
NEW BULLETIN
The Extension Service has copies for dis
tribution of a new bulletin entitled,
"Better Forage Crops for Alaska'". It has
been written and compiled by William
Sweetnan, Harlow Hodgson and Allan Mick.
This bulletin deals with the 1948 and
1949 experiments with forage and fertili
zers. Get your copy at the 3xt. Serv.Off
C At* yCU Qualify?
Mr. Parker Lester announced this week that
jell participants In the Agricultural Con
' servntlon Program who have received ap
proval for 1S50 practices should notify
the Extension Office If they find that
|they cannot meet the final qualifications
for complete participation. The reason
for this, Mr. Lester explained, is that
there were applications amounting to
jt}15,000.C0 which have not been approve"’.
When a participant does not meet the final
qualifications, the amount for which he
lhas approved reverts back to the fund.
'Some of these others may be able to qual
ify and should have the opportunity.
! H C MEM AKERS VISIT ANC hQRAG E
Rusty Dow, Lirrgle Hoskins, Ann Brown, and
Marylou Lashtrook visited the Anchor
Homemakers Club In Anchorage this week In
order to learn what this club was doing
in Cerem cs. The Club met In the garage
of Mrs. ’71111am M .nLy where the women
iwere working with clay. Mrs. Ed Gardner
jwas In charge. Miss Lashbrook reported
(that they watched then make molds, pour
the slip, unmold the molded article, and
paint the article. In fact, Miss Lash
brook said that they watched the whole
process except the firing In the kiln.
It was very interesting according to those
who watched the women work, and they are
making some very lovely articles. The
women have been particularly interested In
jusing native clay, but many of their arti
cles are made from imported clay,
i
ibRAIN t. \Ft IMtN I b
jDr. G. A. debt*, Specialist on barleys
[from the Division cf PI? nt Industry of the
jUSDA Is In the Valley for about two weeks
[inspecting the rural collection of barleys
'which has been plant'd at the Matanuska
[Station this summer. There are In ell
i5225 varieties, Hr. Irwin Informs us.
i
[Next year the rural collection of wheats
'and oats will be planted at the Fairbanks
'station.
j&ir. Irwin stated that the superior var
ieties of barley and oats had been found
and would now be grown on farms In Alaska
to produce more seed for general planting
purposes In Alaska. The two selected as
ibelng the best at the present tine are —
jEdda Barley and Siberian Oats #2. Further
{research will be continued on these grains
jin order to determine the very best types
isultable to the Territory.
(Distribution of grains which ere selected
[will be made through the Alaska iigricul
ture Department which will inspect all
.seed grain to see th°t it 1s true to type
jand free of weed seed. Selected seed will
|be grown in various parts of desks in
I order to see how well it is adapted to
climatic conditions here.
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