CULL POTATOES
MAKE COW FEED
Cull potatoes are potential cow
feed, according to Bill Sweetman
of the Alaska Agriculture Ex
pcrimcnt Station and Extension
Service, Since this was a good
forage season there may not be
a big demand right now. he said,
but suggested that dairymen
might take another look at their
stored feed to see if they can't
make good use of some of this
year’s big potato crop before all
the culls are dumped.
Ton-for-ton, he pointed out,
potatoes contain just as much nu
trition as grass silage, although
potatoes are deficient in protein.
A ton of potatoes equals a third
of a ton of grass hay. If you have
to pay $00 a ton for grass hay.
then potatoes arc worth $30 a
ton, he added.
"Start your cows on spuds
gradually", cautioned Sweetman.
"and increase feeding rate to as
high as 40 or 50 pounds a dhy
for a big cow. If scouring starts,
cut back until it clears up. Feed
good silage or dry hay with po
tatoes. It is best to feed spuds
after milking to avoid danger of
NO TEENAGE DANCE
LESSON THIS WEEK
Because of the football din
ner and the Halloween dance
being held at the school to
morrow night the regular
dance class usually held on
Friday night will be postpon
ed. The next session will be
held November 9 at Legion
hall.
off flavors in milk”.
I>ry roughage can be mixed
with potatoes to make potato
silage. Mix 400 to 500 pounds of
chopped spuds with enough dry
roughage to make up a ton of
mixture. Run potatoes through
a silo filler or forage chopper,
Sweetman said.
Another word of caution given
by Sweetman was not to use po
tatoes with green sprouts, po
tatoes turn green because of
exposure to light, or rotten pota
toes because they contain pois
ons. Whole potatoes may be fed
from a manger if a bar is fixed
to keep the cattles’ heads down.
If a cow can raise her head, he
pointed out, she may try to swal
low a whole potato and choke.
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Residents interested in joining
the Matanuska Valley Historical
Society are reminded of the
meeting to be held at the M. D.
Snodgrass home tomorrow even
ing at 8 p.m.
Palmer Elks are reminded of
the official visit of Osky Weeda,
district deputy, who will visit
the Palmer Lodge next Wednes
day evening.
Stanley Smith, a fifth grade
student at Swanson School, last
week received a reply from Pres
ident Eisenhower to birthday
greetings sent by Stanley. The
fifth grade class taught by Mrs.
Sims wrote birthday letters to
the President as an activity in
English. Stanley’s letter was
chosen to be mailed. President
Eisenhower’s message was as fol
lows: “Your kind birthday wishes
mean a great deal to me I am
grateful for your message and
deeply appreciate your thought
fulness. Dwight D. Eisenhower".
I’eggy Cope, daughter of Mrs.
Margaret Cope of Palmer, has
been named secretary of Doney
Hall at Willamette University.
Volunteer firemen were called
to the Alva Saxton home on Sun
day afternoon when a faulty
damper in the fireplace filled the
house with smoke.
Wayne I>. Crawford of Stal
wart, Michigan, has written The
Frontiersman seeking contact
with anyone who has information
on farming in the valley. He is a
dairy farmer in northern Michi
gan and anxious to correspond
with anyone faming in this area.
His address is as listed above.
The M.E.A. business office will
be open for business November
12, to enable subscribers to pay
bills. The office will be closed
on November 22 and 23.
Mrs. Irene Benson, manager at
the Trading Post, and Mrs. Vir
gil Eckert, wife of one of the
original colonists, were guests on
the Ruth Rriggs program, radio
station KENI this past Wednes
day. Mrs. Briggs interviewed the
women on various phases of the
growth of the valley since 1935.
Frank Clark and Walter Coop-1
er of the Co-Op maintenance de
partment, are in-Fairbanks this
week helping install a new milk
cooler in the Matanuska Dairy in
that citv.
Approximately 50 youngsters
attended the Highway Church of
God Halloween party held on;
Tuesday night. Judy Jacobson, as .
a fortune teller, took first prize
in the costume contest and Den
ny Bouwens, as a skeleton took
second. Apple bobbing, games j
and a trip through the eerie i
witch's den, provided lots of en- j
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