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Fertilizing Pays Says Sail Sci:ii!ist
High fertilization of hay and
pasture is practical for Alaskan
•farmers from a dollar and cents
viewpoint, Winston Laughlin,
soil scientist announced • this
week.
As Dr. George Scarset said at
the Alaska Farm Forum, Alaska*
farmers need to secure maximum
production from the land now
available to secure increased re
turns. Scarseth is a soil scientist
and director of research of the
American Farm Research Associ
ation, Lafayette, Ind. Fertilizer is
the farmer’s helper in getting
profit from the land he has clear
ed.
For 16 pounds of notrogen put
on an acre of bromegrass, the
met return was $24.55, Laughlin
said. Twice the amount of nitro
gen, 30 pounds, gave only slight
ly more profit at $24.61. Sixty
four pounds of nitrogen per acre
brought $81.2D net returns. Ap
plication of 125 pounds of nitro
gen gave $139.61 net returns.
These figures are based on the
average for three years of field
plots at the Agricultural Experi
ment Station near Palmer.
Laughlin is with the experiment
station staff.
All plots received the three
major fertilizing elements'of ni
trogen, phosphorus and potas
sium. Profits in the value of
bromegrass produced are returns
after the station paid all costs
over the amount it costs to pro
duce bromegrass hay without
fertilizer.
Farmers may get a copy of
“Fertilizers for Alaska, General
Recommendations for 1954-55”
from their nearest Extension
Service office. The circular lists
recommended fertilizers and
methods for application for dif
ferent crops.
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Valley residents caught a
glimpse of the Pacific Northern
Airlines’ new Constellation on
Saturday when the plane, carry
ing press, radio and television
representatives from Seattle,
Portland, Juneau and Anchorage
circled the valley a few times
while on a sight-seeing tour.
Mrs. Frank McKenzie oi Pal
mer was elected secretary of so
cial education and action of the
Yukon Presbyterial during the
annual meeting held at Fair
banks. Mrs. Arthur H. Reese o*
Anchorage was elected presi
dent of the organization.
Dr. Grace Fields, assistant
chief medical officer in the Ter
ritory, was a Palmer visitor on
Monday of this week. She was
accompanied by Warner Peter
son, officer in charge of the An
chorage office Veterans Adminis
tration. The visitors toured the
local hospital and health center.
The monthly planning meeting
of Palmer Cub Scouts will be
! held Friday, April 29 in the li
| brary at Central School.
Jan Koslosky returned to Pal
! mer Friday evening, following
l several weeks in the States. He
returned over the Alaska high
way as his new Ford ranch
wagon showed.
Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart
have returned to the valley and
will make their home on the
Clair Patton farm where they
will assist with operations. Mrs.
Stewart is the former Kit Pat
ton. They have been making
their home in Fairbanks where
Mr. Stewart was employed by
the Matanuska Creamery.
Marylou Rideout, home demon
stration agent with the Extension
Service, leaves for Valdez on
"'riday of this week, where she
plans to assist in the formation
f a new homemakers’ club in
that city. If weather and road
conditions permit she also will
conduct a workshop while in
Valdez.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kirsch
of Palmer have flown to the
States where they will pick up a
car in Seattle and continue to
Wenatchee where they will visit
Mr. Kirsch’s brother; on to Pen
nsylvania for a visit and then to
Maryland where they will at
tend ceremonies in which Mr.
Kirsch’s son, Rev. Mr. Eugene V.
Kirsch will be ordained in the
Roman Catholic Cathedral in
Baltimore. The Kirsch’s expect
to return to the valley around the
first of July. ^
Doyle Ross, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lucius Ross, was among
University of Washington stu
dents listed on the undergraduate
scholarship honor roll for winter
quarter, Mrs. Ethelyn Toner, reg
istrar announced. To be eligible,
students must carry 12 academic
hours of studies, and maintain at
least a 3.5 grade-point average.
A 4.0 average is straight A .
Doyle is a junior, engineering.
Visiting the H. T. Steelman
family are Mrs. L. B. Clark and
infant daughter, Laura Bernice, !
from Fairbanks, Mrs. Steelman s
daughter-in-law and granddaugh
ter. The Clarks are enroute to
Kalispell, Montana.
Dr. Foster R. Sims of Palmer
is attending the 50th anniversary
of the Creighton University Den
tal School in Omaha, Washing
ton. H. X- “Pappy” Steelman will
join Sims in Omaha later this
week. The men plan to return to
Alaska in a Tri-Pacer plane
which Dr. Sims will take delivery
on while in the States.
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love to retouch—Thomason (Ga.)
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Offers Tips for Landscaping Grounds
Spring sunshine and the ap
proaching break-up turn Alas
kan gardeners’ thoughts to land
scaping.
To help railbelt landscapers,
the University of Alaska Exten
sion Service has a list ol' shrubs
and trees imported from the
states that will do well in this
area. Extension Director Allan
H. Mick said today. A list of sug
gested shrubs and trees is avail
abl from district Exension of
fices located in Palmer, Anchor
age, Fairbanks, and Homer.
Mick warns gardeners that
some of the shrubs and trees may
not survive in certain soils or
climates within the railbelt. In
other areas, even more tender
plants will thrive. Before a home
owner starts landscaping, he
wants to tour his neighborhood
to see what plants are doing well..
From that start, he can do his
own. experimenting with new or
namentals and fruits.
Some of the trees on the list
are white poplar white willow*
lodge pole pine', white spruce,
Dolgo crab and Red Siberian
crab. Among shrubs are Western
chokecherry, Tartarian honey
suckle, Siberian pea tree and the
common purple and white lilacs.
Native birch, spruce, currants
and other local plants can be
used to form a background for
the imported varieties. The study
was made by the horticultural
department.
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