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CONSTRUCTION OF AGRICULTURE i
RESEARCH BUILDINGS GETTING j
UNDER WAY
T.'.~ excavation for the new Alaska Research!
Administrat ion Laboratory is now’under wayj
and the construction of the $300,000 con
crete building will soon be under way ac- I
cording to Don. L. Ir-in, Director of Ex- ;
periment -Stations in Alaska. The construe*
tion of the, apartment buildings, the Greenj
house and Vegetable storage buildings will!
come under the buildirig program for the
fiscal year of July 1,1940 to June 30,1950;
Hr. Irwin said. The Laboratory building
is expected to bo completed by January 1,
as is stipulated in the contract. It will !
take another month to place the equipment
in the building which is another contract.!
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The Laboratory will house a Chemistry de
partment, rooms for the Entomologist and
garage svace in the basement of the build-i
ing. On the first floor will bo the of- ,
fices''of the Director of .Experiment Sta
tions; the Filing, Accounting room with
the Fire Proof Vault; Library; Agricultur-'
al Economist; and Soil Laboratory. The
second floor will accommodate the offices |
and work rooms for the Animal Husbandry,
Horticulture, Agriculture Engineer, Home
Economic and Human nutrition. Plantholo
gist, and Agronomy departments. The
Animal Husbandry department includos dairy,
poultry, all farm animals, fur animals and]
'animal nutrition.
The building rill also House the Central i
Heating plant for all the buildings and !
this nill be located at one end of the
basement.
ALASKA EXTENT! ITT STATIONS TO HE RETURITiD :
TO UNIVERSITY 0? ALASKA ‘JULY 1.
The Experiment tat ions will be returned j
to the University of Alaska on July 1,1949;
under a cooperative agreement with the
United “Hates Department of “griculture
(U.S.D.A.), and the Agriculture Hesearch |
Administration (A.R.A.) according to Don
L. Ilrwin, Director of Experiment Stations j
in Alaska. This work has been directly
under the U.S.D.A. and A.R.A. for the past!
two ‘yGars.
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Under this agreement, Hr. Irwin vrill be
Joint Director for the A.R.A. and the Uni-'
versity of Alaska. The heads of all depar!
denartments will be joint employees of the;
A.R., A. and-the University. Technical em- i
ployees maybe joint employees or employ- i
cos" of either'the AHA or the University. ;
All employees, however, must be mutually •’
accepted by both organizations.
Under this aye anont tho ARA with the con- I
sent of the Board of Regents of the Uni- !
versity will be permitted to build housing:
and technical buildings on Territorial
Experiment °tation grounds on 16ng tine
lease uith the Board of .Regents.
On this basis the following construction
is anticipated. At-Fairbanks one housing ,
unit, a groen house, Office, and a thresh-j
ing shed with grain storage for sanple
grains will be constructed. The Uatnnuskaj
Station is to got a Garage and Ilaintonance'
sh<bp, and a grain.& threshing shed with' 1
storage for sannlc grains. At Petersburg
Coht. in next col.
POTTE D ...PLANTS
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CUT flowers;
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MAAY WITT
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Clothos tbat arc kept
CLOAKED' t PiqSSSD
f.iycLlonger service.
PICK-UPf DELIVERY SERVICE I
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in PAL'HJR & VASII1A
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OPEN 5 DAYS A WEEK
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Mondays thru Triclays
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a garage and one residence house is to be
constructed. ,
Tho T^ersonncl who rill bo located in the
Valley and. have offices in tho nor Labora
tory include a full tine' chonist to study
aninal nutrition, human nutrition -and any
other anaiyt ical work thoro is from |tho
several departments.
Present employees include trillion Sroetman
who hoads the department of ‘.Animal Husband
ry; Harlow Hodgson, Agronomist, head of
the study 6f C-rains and storage crops; Dr,
Allan Mick,tsoils scientist, who has‘charge
of all work on soils; Dr. Myron Babb,
Horticulturist, who heads the work'on small
fruits, vegetables and troo fruits.
Hugh Johnson is expected.to arrive on July
5th to fill the position of Agriculture
Economics ,. Marketing Survey l: Farm Manag
empivt. i *,
Siil G. Ganschow is cxncctcd on July 10th
or 15th to hoad the Accounting Office and
will be in charge of. purchases and uerson
;nel.
'negotiations arc under'ray for a permanent
PlautkhlcJgist'hs Drv C.T~. Lcfobvrc is only
temporary. Ho plans to return to his work
at Boltsville, Maryland.
As soon as housing is available; tho AHA
o'xpecis 'to1 havw an Entomologist, Hunan
nutritionist and Agriculture Engineer,
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