Highway Brush Control
Proving Effective
The brush control program
along highways and fence rows
in the Matanuska Valley has
shown 2, 4-D sprays are effective
in supressing tree, brush and weed
growth, Don L. Irwin, director of
the Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion announced this week.
Considerably cheaper than bull
dozing brush from road shoulders
and right-of-way, the full effec
tiveness of the program will not
be seen until another year or so
has passed, he said. After the
stems have been dead for a sea
son, he explained, a simple wing
on the road maintainer will knock
the brush down and later spray
ings will prevent regrowth- of
hedges that cause troublesome
snow drifts each winter.
To obtain good peneration of
dense roadside screens the Alas
ka Road Commission uses 2,4-D
ester, applied with a high pres
sure spray boom. Because of its
nature and the impossibility of
controlling either drift, or later
volatilization, this spray should
not be applied near fields or gar
dens where it will damage broad
leaf plants, Irwin warned.
Farmers must observe caution
in spraying boundry fence rows
since the user is liable for dam
age to other person’s property,
he added.
Members of the Altar and Ro
sary Society of St. Michael’s will
hold their regular monthly bake
sale Saturday, July 11 at Bert’s
Drug store from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m.
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By Lew E. Hanks
It has been a long dry spell
but we finally had a good rain.
There is some hay caught in the
fields but the majority of the
first crop is in the barns. There
is more forage stored already
this year than is sometimes in
storage at the end of the sea
son.
For spud farmers the rain was
nothing but good. Possibilities
are good for a bumper crop this
year.
A second application of fer
tilizer on brome stands should
pay off well this year. You will
probably have to silo the second
crop. You should figure on cut
ting it in August to protect the
stand. There is no better way
to convert a brome stand to fox
tail and blue grass than to pas
ture it heavy in the fall or cut
for silage late in September.
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That’s no good. Brome grass has
to build up a food reserve to
carry it through the winter. Late
use will deplete this reserve and
most of the stand will winter kill.
From now on is the time to
practice some good rotation man
agement on your brome fields
that are being grazed. Grass
booms in the early season and
then often slows down.
On the fields you wish for
August grazing, fertilize now and
keep the cows off until then. A
cross fence or two will really
pay off.
Select the poorest or most
weedy field for late fall grazing.
Fertilize and hold the cows off
until then. Finish your fall graz
ing there. Next spring plan to
work it up. Follow up with
grain, or whatever crop you plan
in your rotation and then reseed
By working up your poorest pas
ture field each year you can keep
your grazing fields new and in
good shape. Keep nothing but
the best.
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CUB SCOUT NEWS
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The Pack meeting of Palmer
Cub Scout Pack 354 was held
June 30 in the Palmer school gym
nasium. Dr. Curtis Dearborn, as
sistant Cub master, conducted the
meeting. Cub master Lindsey has
resigned and Dr. Dearborn agreed
to take over his duties for the
next two months, at which time
it is hoped Paul Martin will be
come Cubmaster.
New Cubs were enrolled and
Mrs. George Smoot offered her
services as a Den Mother. Regis
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to some of the boys and a few
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quiet games were played.
Parents and committee mem
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