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MEV: EQUIPMENT JUST-RECEIVED
A new consi.31ur.ent of machinery
h 3 just arrived'for the cannery*
This shipment of machinery con
sists* of a pea grader and a mach
ine for dicing vegetables. This
no.chinery is very 'important In
making our cannery more complete,
in making it possible.to market
more garden vegetables thus in
creasing the .possible income for
produce with very little, if any,
spoilage. To operate properly, a
business must obtain adequate
equipment as soon as possible to
handle stock-, A farmer would not
expect to farm 40 acres with a
hoe and hope to make enough pro
fit to equip his place with heavy
machinery. Equipment'wo must have
and the sooner it is installed th<
sooner we arc ready for business.
Root Maggot Control
(Reprint)
One of tho principal pests’which
we have to fight in, our gardens
in Alaska is tho root maggot. It
attacks cauliflower, cabbage, ru
tabaga, turnips, radishes and
occasionally onion and beet.
Where cabbages and cauliflower
are planted together, the cauli
flower suffers most. The I'otorski
turnip scorns to be the nest riag
got-procf of the turnips.
When once this pest has appeared,
there seems to be litJ_lo chance
of eradicating it. However, some
preventative measures will re
duce the n’unbor,. if your garden
is isolated from other gardens
and fields.
1. Clean culture will help keep
down the number.
2. D.struction of all plants in
tho fall by burying or burning
will help.
3. Pall spading or plowing, v/ith
care to bury all trash.
But—those measures will help lit
tle if youp neighbors do nothing.
The method recommended by the
College is that of using corro
sive sublimate (mercuric chloride)
It is very effective, easily ap
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plied and perhaps the most effect
ive of all remedies. It is. a
deadly poison and t.rcat care must
bo exorcised to keep it away .from
children and livestock.
For method preparing the solution’
and .way to use in controlling mag
gots^ see Mr. I.M.C. Anderson of
the Extension Service. He can also
toll you method of most effective
ly controlling cutworms in your
garden.
Mr. & Mrs, Fred Johnson's snail
daughter captured the second prize
in the 4th of July parade in Anch
orage. Elaborately dhessed as
"Mistress Mary" small daughter par
aded with all the dignity possible
with suph short logs.
Miss Dorothy Vasamoja, our Fa.lmcr
queen, respectfully represented
"I.Uss Matanuska Maid" in the Anch
orage celebration. Thanks. Dorothy