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ARC Abks That Fences Bp I loved Back (Contin
ual from 'ago 1.) breaking down the surface
under traffic. Mbro of the funds, normally
used for improvement and extension of roads,
was neccssaril'r used to patch up the roads
in an attempt to keep traffic moving,
il lost of the tr.oubles of snow removal and
spring protection of roads can therefore be
directly attributed to fences being too close
to the roads. Cutting brush along fences
can be done only by hand instead of by cut
ting machines or bulldozers, The Alaska Road
Commission does not have sufficient funds to
do the work this slow and expensive wa;,..
tfUnimum right-of-way that vail per: dt proper
Jnaintonanco.of farm roads is 60 feet, or
(thirty feet ea.ch side of tho road cent'. ’"lino,
-.11 future construction of faro roads will
reouirc 50 feet each side of the centerline.
(Then 30 to 50 feet is available front the
centerline of the road, heavy eouipmont can
then move in and .remove brush and clean dit
tches, besides providing a place to deposit
■snot: during the -winter outside of the ditches
jinstead of in them,
!lf we are ever to have good roads in the
JValley, all fences must be moved out to CO
feet. V.ltore this is done the snow removal
tri.ll be easier, and better service rendered
the public, Those roads which do not meet
these standards tri.ll necessarily have to be
opened last. Then if there is danger of
breaking dovm fences, and the Alaska Hoad
Commission can no longer be responsible for
their repair, the onl” alternative is to
lcr.vc the road blocked. This cannot be ner
ldttod to hatroon, A Vallcy-;ddc program of
fence moving tliio stumer is earnestly urged
by the Alaska Road Com as cion in the inter
ests of better winter ;laintenj.nce and im
proved sum>cr roads.
I'Jm. J. Niemi
District engineer
, ‘ )u t5/<R',EN lit(iIt \.VlTH
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Fertile, well-drained, well-nerated soils are
ideal for vegetables. During late ’.••inter and
early spring, gardeners can do a great deal
toward making garden soils meet these re
quirements ,
A liberal application of manure and phosphate
is recommended to supply needed primary plant
foods and to also improve the tilth of the
soil,
..void plowing or spading, in such a way th.-c
much 3ubsoil is brought to the surface, 1 • •
cover the manure and phosphate deeply envugh
so tint a sup ly of plant food will bn n*< w.
able to the deep-rooted crops, ' leaves, \r y.<r
or other organic residue can be plowed vm
nitrogen should also be added. The chcm .e-’
fertilizers containing nitrogen and mineral
pLant nutrients are necessary to sup 1’ the
food needed by the microbes busied with the
decay of organic residues. Gome do not turn
under their fertilizer, using it as a mulch