VACATION PLANS
Mr. Harry '"’immcr 'has very definite plans,
however, for a good simmer's vacation and
trip. Ho and his family will leave this
Saturday over the Highway enroute to Kan
sas. This will he the first'trip out in
seven years, i_r. Kimer .said. Znroute
out they plan to stop in Wyoming to visit
with the Rev. Kirth family. In Kansas
' they will visit relatives and plan a trip
to H&Tawd, Nebraska to visit with Mrs.
, A. J. Pransor.o Cn the return trip they
will .motor through California to "ashins
ton, T’-ey plan t.o visit with the Vernon
Ho ir. ions, Jbn Pavnes and Hred McIntyres.
In Se'attle they .will join Rev. Victor I.
Alfsen add family and motor back to Alaslce
togetherc
Mrs. Lois Wineg.arner will be busy with
her garden and home during the sui.imer.She
and Mrs. Plorer.ce Dunlap stated that they
expected to be very busy women all sinner
doing all the thuils that every other womai
in the Valley doe a;namely, keep house,new,
make garden, mend and etc.etc.
Mrs. Minnie B. Clark is another one who
will be busy with garden, hone and farm
work fiuriijg the summer. She hones that
she nay have some company from the States,
C ;rl S elling plans to get away at an
earlier date for Kodiak now that the new
Superintendent has arrived. He will re
main here until all schboi records are in
order. He‘may or may not make a trip to
the States.
Mrs. Zlsio Kill plans to join her husband
at Lonesome Mine about ‘the first of July.
4 - H CLUBS
The Palmer PIoar girls net at thg home of
ffiheir leader, llrs. C.A. Sondvik on Tuesday
May 18. To decided to try our best to lire
up to our- Health Charts,
Te sanr sor-e songs and r-ere favored with a
couple-of duets, Te will meet again on
June 1, at 1:30 instead'of at 4:00 p.n.
llote the change of tine. It fas decided
that re have something to eat furnished by
one girl from each club each tine we meet,
Jean C rroll and Hasilyn Dragseth were the
girls chosen to balce something this next
Tuesday meeting, Donna Rcbarchek and
Jeanette Lindsey are composing some poems
for our Club'and rill present them at our
next meeting. _ , _ , _ _ ,,
Reporter: ’an da Lee Bell
A girl nay rear a golf outfit uhen she
can’t play golf, and a bathing suit when
she can’t swim, but, v.hen she puts on a
wedding gown, she means business-,
1 AGRICULTURAL PLANS
The 5-Yopr project set-up uhieh is being
set up this year by the Alaska Im'Criment
Stations under the direction of Bon 1.
Irvrin includes-research mark in soil
Clas -'if lent ion, capping and management,
field aiH horticultural crops, animal and
dairy production and agricultural engineer
ing,
">o of'tho noils, men are unable to' corn©
"r, Ir* in announced this reek. An attempt
is bein'" main to replace those tvfo he said.
The soil stu--'.y mill include the classifi
cation of solid according to their signi
ficant characteristics, shorn their location
• acc-.-jM+oly and determine their response to
physicalV;- dofinod 3vsten of soil manage
ment in terms of yfel 1 and long-time pro
• due : ivity.., tlold cxperii. ents mill be
made to rest response,: to phosphat ic,potash
an 1 nitrogen fori Hirers* Later experiments
Trill : lim< , organic matter, rota
tions, .irrigation, drainage and similar
nrautico.:.
In the animal and dairy production project
one line mill bo a study of the value of
light for increasing miIn production dur
ing the Aisle a mint or season- It has been
found that some animals respond to increased
periods of light vrith increased activity
and production. Preliminary data suggest u
that lengthing the period that animals are
exposed to light in vinter nay increase
production,, fnc I'airy here at the Alaska
akperinent .Station at College rill be used
for this test. Hie herd 'ill be divided
so that part of the herd rill receive no
extra light, during part of the year. Che
periods •■ill be changed so that all cors
rill have the e:-peminent of extra light
and no extra light. Accurate records -'ill
be kept .to determine rhat effect this has
on production.
Another study is to be made on cattle
breeding to improve the producing capacity
of Alaska dairy cattle through breeding
and the anploynent of Artificial Inser.ina
tion. This pork rill be carried on at
the'Matanuska Station through cross breed
ing. These bulls used in this experiment
are also to be used to furnish semen for
Artificially inseminating cors of the Dapfiy
herds in the Valley.
i
Another study is to be made of different
amounts of Vitamin D in the diet of laying
hens. This rork has been going on for tro
years and it is expected that another •.•ear
rill complete itr Preliminary trials at
the Fairbanks station rith tro levels of
Vitamin oil in'the laying mash and further
trials at Ilatanuska rith four groups of
pullets indicate; that requirements of sup
plementary 'Vi.tai.iin A mav bo considerably
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