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STUDENTS TO AID IN POTATO HARVEST
The Palmer Territorial School will close
the entire week starting September 18 to
give the maximum aid to farmers of the i.fat
anuska Valley In their potato digging, it
was announced following a special board
meeting Wednesday evening. All grades
throughout the school will be affected and
It Is expected the time thus contributed tc
the potato harvest will be made up during
the school year.
School work will cease at 3;30 p.m. Fri
day, September 15, and resume at 9:00 a.m.
Monday, September 25, which will give a
to^ai of nine days for current potato dig
ging purposes, It was pointed out. ".hilc
some growers had suggested a two weeks va
cation, it was felt that the nine days now
made available would care for the bulk of
the digging.
The school board’s action makes possibl<
the school’s greatest possible contributor
to the production of food to help win the
war, Superintendent Franklin E. Shaw said.
Every child will be free to help dig and
plow potatoes or to help in the home or on
the farm in some other capacity which will
a,id in getting the tubers out of the ground
ana Into storage or markets. Likewise it
ill now be possible for each elementary
-jid high school teacher to show his or her
loyalty to Valley farmers by helping with
the spud harvest, and thus indirectly boost
the Nation's food output.
As presently planned the days missed
next week will be made up by holding school
on December 1, New Year's Day and three
Saturdays, October 7, November 4 end Doc
emoer 2. This arrangement will allow school
to be closed on schedule May 11, 1945.
JIRST F.T.A. MEETING POSTPONED
Duo to the potato harvest vacation, the
first F.T.A. meeting of this school year
will bo- postponed to September 26, uccord
Ing to Mrs. I. M. Sanavik, Vice-President.
HEALTH NURSE TO ARRIVE SEPT. 15th
The new Health .Nurse for the Matenuska
Valley Is due.to arrive in Palmer on Sept.
16, a telephone message from Miss Dorothy
M. D'hitney, Supervisor of the Anchorage
area, revealed. The nurse will maintain*
an office In the Community Hall.
VEGETABLE GRADING DEMONSTRATION
ALL GROWERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A DEMON
STRATION ON GRADING aND PACKING VEGETABLES
by ted Carter, in the cannery after the
SHOW TONIGHT, SLPT. 15.
CO-OP NOTES
Potato growers are advised that a charge
for grading at a flat hourly rate for grad
er and crew will be deducted from first po
tato advance. If inspection by the asso
ciation discloses potatoes to be sufficient
ly well graded when delivered, this charge
will not be made.
Specifications arc as follows:
1. U.S. No. 1 shall consist of potatoes
of one variety or similar varietal char
acteristics which are fairly well shape..,
free from freezing injury, black heart °nd
soft rot, or wet breakdown and from dc^.-ge
caused by dirt or other foreign matter,
sunburn, second growth, growth cracks, air
cracks, hollow, heart, cuts, shriveling,
spotting, scab, blight, dry rot, rhizoc
tonia, other diseases, insects or oth>
mechanical means.
2. Skin Condition. Skin must not be
ccssively injured by rough handling. S uld
be cured for at least 10 days before be
livery.
o. xne uiatneter oi eacn potato snail do
net less than 1-7/8".
4. Tolerance and Defects. In order to al
low for variations other than size inci
dent to proper grading and handling, not
more than 6% of the potatoes in any con
tainer may be belov; the requirenonts of
the grade. In addition, not more than b%
may be damaged by hollow heart.
PRICE OF EGGS RAISED
Egg prices to farmers will be Increased
as follows:
Large $ 1.10 a doz.
Medium $ 1.00 a doz.
Other grades will remain the sane.
TED CARTER VISITS THE VALULY
Mr. R. "Ted" Carter, Assistant in
Food Pruauction under the 7.'ar Food admin
istration, Department of Agriculture, Ex-,
tension Service and University of Alaska
cooperating, spent a .few days in the V. .1
ley this past week discussing soil fer 1
lty problems with the farmers, in an
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