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WE CAN TAKE CARE Of
ALL YOUR
AUTOMOTIVE NEEDS.
MOTOR TUNE-UPS MOTOR REPAIRING
BRAKE RE-ALIGNING & /ADJUSTING
GENERATOR & CARBURETOR REPAIRS
V/E CARRY THE NEW
ALASKA HIGHWAY MAPS
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LIFE
AUTOMOBILE TRIP
HEALTH FIRE
BRING YOUR INSURANCE
PROBLEMS TO US.
JRCK E. ITlfiZE
MA TA N U S KA VALLEY 3 A N K
STORE HOUR WHITER S
supply OF FOOD THE
moDERii ujfly
in
LOCKERS
ALWAYS A VARIETY OF
OF MEATS FROM WHICH
to choose
CULL INC TIME
Although the culling of laying hens should
he a year round job, August and September
arc tho months uhon this gob should rccoivo
spocial attention, Thro is tho time of
year to pick out end ol jminato'all non
productive and unthrifty birds*
It takes about 65 pounds of feed to keep
a hen through tho ye?.rj looping non-layors>
at present high prieos of food is plenty
oxpensivc and can bo tho difforonco bot-'
tuocn making moroy and griug _n the rod*
Some of tho things to look for in culling
a flock of hens as outlined by exports in
this lino arc: >
1, Eons to be kept should bo alert, rith
g6od health and vitalitye
2r Good hens have bright oyos,short,stout
bdaks and a soft, thick skin. *
3,» Other good points cro* largo,rod.vaxy
combs, full, soft abdomens rrinh thido
flcxiblo pelvic bones, and largo, moist
vents*
NEW YEARBOOK OUT
The U?S. Department of Agriculture’s 1948
Yearbook is boing distributed, This tine
it is an encyclopedia on grass0
Entitled ''grass'5, the yearbook is a ready
rofC’-enc'j on grass and related plants as:
food for all kinds of 3ivostock; an agent
of beauty around the hone;; frld for play
grounds, airf-'u.1 ds highway.", conservation;
projection against fucdi; building soil
and many ether usosa
It has 890 pages and contains 16 page a of
colored pictures showing grass and its uses#
noiices
T7EEHESDAY September 8th, the Agriculturo
Ceonicioe will meet in the Extension Of
fice at 8 p,ra#
GRANGE - ill moot in'the Northland Pioncor
Grange Hall at 8 p»m, bn THURSDAY Sentcmbor
9th.
highway travel
A total of'’’SQL automobiles and trucks
carrying l/>5& persons -and 22 busses with
156 passengers came in over tho Alaska
Highway during the month of July, according
to reports from Tok Junction,
This as an increase ovor July of last year
when the figures were 670 cars with 1580
occt:nor,+s and 15 busses with 8G persons*
A total of cars'left the Territ ory ovcl:
tho highway an July, carrying 1287 persons»
No statistic ; wore available as to how
nanT' of those were Alaskans bclud on trips
outsio or round trip to Alaska*