IT NOT ONLY CAN BUT HAS HAPPENED
HERE
( Following is an item copied
from”Matanuska Valley Pioneer”
and written by Miss Rutheln
Elliott, We especially believe
this should be copied at this
time because the first rat has
appeared in the Valley, A rat
was killed in the basement of the
Dormitory Mr. Hyland, This io
proof that the rat has arrived,
and it is now up to us to get
rid of them,)
"RATS HI
They fought the dogs and killed
the cat3,
And bit the babies in the cradles,
Made ne3ts inside men’s Sunday
hats,
And even spoiled the women’s
chat 3
By drowning their speaking
With shirieking & squealing
In fifth different sharps and
flats."
Consider the trouble of the Horn
Unites and let U3 not have it
here, tou may, 3ay Alaska i3 too
far north for rata. That is. not
true. There are rata in the
Northern part of Europe. In Fair
banks rats have been found and
it is reported that they are in
Seward at the present time..
Perhaps you will say that that
has nothing to do with the in
habitants of the Valley. You
are mistaken if that i3 your opin
ion.
There is constant danger of rat3
being brought into the Valley in
feed and other imported articles.
Many of you will recall the con- '
ditions of the rat-infested sec
tions of the States. Let us
never hove those "varmints” In
the Matanuska Valley.
The cropp of the Valley would
furnish tasty food, and those of
you who have log houses with dirt
foundations have homes offering
the rat,Enemy Number One, an ex
cellent rendezvous. Chickono
will not be 3afe and your feed
will co3t more
It is usual to 3tart organiza
tions such as the 4**H Clubs and
Future Farmers for the production
of commodities useful to farm and
home. In the case of rats, how
ever we want to pratice extermina
tion, The first rat that appears
in the Valley mu3t be killed. Let
U3 leave no stone unturned in the
extermination of rats. Once v/e
let the rats get ahead of U3 wc
are in for trouble.
Let us resolve to keep this Valley
free of Public Enemy Number One—
Mr. Rat.
(This item wa3 written in May,1936
and it was not v/ritton too soon.
It was a very good and timely
warning. Nov/ that the rat ha 3
arrived do not think we will not
have more of them. If they arc
in So ward they can easily come
to Palmer by train in the freight.
We must stand guard and watch for
the rat and kill every one v/e find.
notice i nun
The District Extension Agent and
Superintendent of the Matanuska
Experiment Station urges farmers
to pull and burn all mustard
growing in their fields. If
mustard is left until the seed
pods burst or are putup with hay
or threshed, the seed will become
scattered over the entire farm*
A couple hours this fall will
save several days next year getting
rid .of this past.
Editors continent: Don’t over look
this warning, and in two or three
years from now cuss the Extension
Agent because he can not tell you
how to eradicate your weeds at
once. He has done his duty now
you do yours.
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They borrow books, they will nptbuy,
They have no ethics nor religions.
I wish some kind Burbankian guy
Would cross my books with homing
plogons. -Carloyn Wells