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No. 39
Soptonber 25, 1947
UUEDOinG VOWS EXCHAflGEO
Mrs. Grace Hollafid and Mr. O.L, Zteeruan
were united in marriage at a private'red-'
dins held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T.L.
Ray, last Sunday the 21st of September at
4:00 P.M.
Vows were exchanged in a double ring,cand
lelight ceremony'with Revi 77. Harvey of
ficiating and Mr. and Mrs. Ray as attend
ants and the only witnesses.
The bride wore a dress of Peacock blue and
a white corsage of carnations.
Following the ceremony Mrs. Ray'served a
ninature wedding cako and punch.
Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman left on a short
honeymoon up the Glen and Richardson High
ways. 'They will be at home to their
friends here in the Valley after September
29th.
CO-OP riOTES
FROM THE MEAT Dff'ARH.EN T
All parties who have meat in the Co-op
Lockers are requested to come in and tag
the sane irmediately. After October 1,
ail meat will be'inventoried as Co-op meat
71.77. Beck, Butcher
TRUCK TROUBLES
"Trouble never comes singly" and"It never
rains, but it pours" are certainly true
according to reports' re hear from . our
Anchorage Dairy. Over the past reek 6nd
t- o of the three tracks used in Anchorage
deliveries broke dom so that*the one re
maining truck had to work day and night in
a futile attempt to carry all the load,
Tn the case of the first truck, the mir
ing caught on fire and no garage in Anch
orage was able to fix it over Sunday and
Monday. As if this wasn’t enough, the
second truck chose this particular timo
for tho radiator to disintegrate. It was
impossible also to get this one fixed in
Anchorage, However, it was '-casa-ie to
borrow a truck, but it'refused tc start.
This one'was abandoned, and another put
into U3G, but evidently hearing that a
truck strike was on, it .too ^/..i '-.topped.
Use one remaining (non-union). truck had
C nt, on page 5
ORIRy EXPERT in VRLLEy
Dr. O.E, Reed, Head of the Bureau of Dairy
Industry, is in the Valley"making a sur
vey of Dairy problems here. The Bureau
of Dairy Industry is concerned rith .all
phases of Dairying from Production to Pro
cessing, Dr. Reed plans to be here about,
three reeks during rhioh time he hopaa to -
contact as many of the Dairymen of the
Valley as possible and to visit them on ^
their farms in order to learn first hand
just mhat problems, confront dairymen in
Alaska. This work is being conducted In
connection rith the ner Agriculture Re
search Program in Alaska- Dr. Reed rill
"ork rith Don L. Irrin. Head of Experiment
rork( and rith the Experiment Stations.
Thus far Dr. Rfeed stated that he had
found the major problem confronting the
farmers here to be the high cost of pro
duction and closely comiaoued rith thi3
is the feed situation. Ho pointed out
that in order that faimers could hope to
make money in dairying, it nor.id be nec
essary first of all to build up the Dairy
herd to the point rheco each co.; would
give more milk on the amdint of feed she
consumes. In other rords corns ir-vx an
"Boarders" must be eliminated from the
herd. This can be done by improved braed
•ing and tho soloction of heifers from the
. best 'cors in the herd. This takes years
to do, but is the only ray a famer can
hope to succeed in the Daily business.
The problem of pastures and grasses for * .r
hay is being studied, Several native
' grasses have been taken from the Valley
and tested for nutritive values, Dr,Rood
stated. Some rere" found very -good- end
others not so"good. The problem nor is
to develop those grasses best adapted to
climatic conditions here and ’-Ith the
highest food value. Good hay and silage
rill reduce the amount of grains and con
centrated feeds necessary to koep up the
milk production and thus reduce the cost
of production.
Dr. Reed has a very hopeful outlook for
the Valley and the future of dairy fam
ing here. He to iced the opinion that it
r;as unfortunate that this Experiment
work had not been carried on earlier by
the fpverr_.ient Dairy herds could have
been impro-ad ':j this time so that coot
nor TtitJ.u b.> juvi'.'g greater returns for
the anox.'-ii of fuel eensuneA. had this
rork been start yd ton years ayo.