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LAND USE PLANNING
The regular meeting of the
Land Use Planning Committee was
held in the Extension office on
the evening of June 11. The ques
tion of reorganization of the Land
Use Planning Committee was a0ain
referred to the standing committee
on organization.
Ernie V/oschenfelder of the
Fire Control Service discussed
windbreaks that would be suitable
for this area. He also stated that
the fire Control Service contemp
lated doing considerable experimen
tal work with trees, but due to no
C.C.C. help available at the pre
sent time the program has been hin
dered. Ho stated that 25 sugar map
les have boon planted along the
rail belt under very careful pro
tection, and to date they are re
ported as doing well. Don Irwin
states that Manchurian crab trees
are still available at the ixpor
iment Stn+M on for1 f'insn 1 _
Mr. Ellis of Homer discussed
farming conditions and the present
crop situation in the Homer Terri
tory. Ho extended a greeting of
the Homer Civic Club to the Land
Use Planning Committee and acknow
ledged their desire to cooperate
in any possible with the farmers
in the liatanuska Valley. Mr. Ellis
stated that duo to high freight
rates, seed peas cost Homer farm
ers '20,00 a hundred this year,
Mr. Don L,Irwin gave a brief
resume of the 1940 grass planting
experiment which ho has prepared
in mimeographed form and which is
now available for those who arc in
terested, He also reported, that
the sheep feeding experiment that
was carried on the past winter has
been completed, and ho will make
a derailed report on this at the
next meeting of the Land' Use Plan
ning Committee. However, he stated
that all owes on a 100 per cent si
lage ration lost all their lambs,
whereas those wintered on tide flat
hav had the heaviest and strongest
continuod on p&go 6 ,
R.E.A. ENGINEER AND CONTRACTOR ARE
DUE IT! PALMER.
Justin McCarty, R.S.A. Engineer..
Mr. Tucker, Super intend ant and How
ard E.Wilson, contractor^ assistant
were duo to arrive in Pali,'., r Thursday
Plans had been made to come to
Alaska by plane. Construction on
the Valley Electrification project
is expected to be started in the im
mediate futv.ro.
September 15 has boon tentativ
ely set as the date of completion,
of the lino, however, much depends
on labor available and the shipment
of materials.
LLOYD OLSON SAILS FOR 'FRISCO
Lloyd Olson loft Palmer Wednes
day for a six weeks trip Outside.
He expects to visit in San Francisco'
with his twin sisters from Minnesota.
HO' OR FARMER VISITS IhYTANUSIndlS
Norman W,Ellis of Homi.r has
been in the Valley the past fov; days
purchasing live stock for ’ imsolf
and other farmers of the Homer dist
rict. He was present at the Land Use
"leaning Meeting Wednesday night
and spoke enthusiastically of agri
cultural possibilities in the Homer
area. High costs, duo to poor tran
sportation facilities, and lack 0f
finance seem to be the gr o test
handicaps to more rapid progress.
Twenty cents per pound we, paid for
pea seed this spring and an offer
of ,20.00 per aero was raad< for sod
breaking, with no takers, Y/hool
tractors have been tried and found
unsuccessful. Horses ship; od in
lately may solve the breaking pro
blem, Mr. Ellis said that when he
left homo radishes wore largo enough
for market and peas were putting out
runners, also that hay was probably -
being harvested at this tine. The
average depth of snow in winter is
from three to five foot, stock usu
ally graze in the fall until the
middle of November.
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