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■The regular meeting of tho
Planning Committee was hole! in
Extension office on Yj 'dneedny
ovoning July c.
fan Irwin, Superintendent of
the Experiment Station, discussed
the summary of last years ' sheep
feeding experiment, four lots of
five ores each were fed on the fol
lowing ration:
lot 1 - Tide flat hay only.
Lot 11 - Tide flat hav plus 25 lbs
barley per day.,
Lot 111 - Oat-pea hay only
Lot IV* - Oat-pea ensilage only
A complete summary cf this ex
periment is now available at both
tho Experiment Station and the Ex
tension office.
Advisibility of using sawdust
in concreto for floors in barns and
other buildings was discussed, and
the concensus was unfavoraole to the
use of this mixture„
mo to the large number oi
sacs and ex porinontal plots that
are under wav at tin' Ixporimort sta
tion,
oo to
inert
first
a lari
it was decided by the Commiti
hold a i'iolcl Lay at the Lxpcr
Station sometime curing the
part or August, at which time
go number of the plots wi 11
undoubtedly be at their best.
‘Or. Goo to of the Land Office
Washington, 0. C. and Fet - Qurrill
discussed the purpose of their work
here in the Valley. They arc in
the Valley for tho purpose of con
piling facts from soil study and
•soil classification and hope to got
all information possible in class
ifying'"these soils according to tho
use to which they should bo put to
return the maximum yield to the op
erator.
Don Keiser, who is stationed .
in this area for the 7Gather Bureau
was also present at tho mooting and
informed tho group concerning tho
activities of tho V/cather Bureau ih
the Valley.
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CO-C? NOUS
Members of the ■ 'atnnuska -Val
ley ? a mo r s C o o p o r a t i n g As 3 c ai at ion
wore made hotter acquaint■. .1 with
the conduct of their bus!' ;ss thru
the reports of i‘0r, L. c, It-jck, Carl
P.aenusson, secretary of t>.) hoard
of Ciroctors, freak 'okorny, Office
aocountar.t and. 3\L.lUr;:ie, auditor.,
Tuesday evening, at a membership
mooting called for that purpose.
hr,Stock in review!- T o act
ivities in the various um.ee in-'
eluded in the Coopera rive s t up,
pointed out the oregress u-o dur
ing the past six months :• 1 many of
the departments and e:cpl-;.nod dif
ficulties encountered in operation
of some units at a profit- *hc
v/h locale and retail meat d part
1 ments have been combined aid -r one
head, while the Dormitory an' Staff
houses will be operated nr; separate
units, Tern Ter .ation C-... tor show
ed an operating loss of r nrly
1 .>600 „ but attention was c aloe to
the fact that morchandasc in the
amount of approximately 'vd ,(>C0.
much, oi Y/hich. v/ao products ; ror.i the
I farms had boon market;ocT t. rii tho
i fountain lunch service offered at
1 the Recreation. Center,,
Tho exponso incurred in the o
poration of tho Creamery an" dairy
mill bo considerably r idv.'cd with
the completion of th, dairy build
ing in Anchorage as it v/ill do away
! with the necessity of hauling bot
| ties from Palmer to Anchorage and
i return. The Creamery is vr ling
I around 6C0 gallons of nil’: ("ally,
I hr. Stock announced a now outlet
for dairy products veil eh will incr
ease the income in this d -partmont
in tho manufacture of frc-.cn con
fections, tho exclusive f .. ehisc
for v/hich was p.-c iv h las ; week,
Carl Rasmussen, o-..,cr nary of
the Board of- Directors stated that
the Board had received many h.olpful
suggestions from com itto ,s, and
constructive recommendations con
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