Vol.2
January, I? 1939Fr.lnier, Alaska.
No.6
FARM AND HOMS INSTITUTE
The combined efforts of the Home
Demonstration and Farm Extension
Service have made arrangements
for a throe day 3hort course,
similar to that held a year ago
in Calmer, This year the instruo
t-iVc talks and demonstrations
will be held Janua ry 30-31 and
Febuary 1, from 10 A.M, to 3 P.M.
There will be three centrally
located places where these class
es will be hold. In Falmer at the
Grange hall, at the Experimental
Farm in Matanuska, and in the
Butte Coihnunity hall in the Butte
District,
Dean G.'.V.Gasser from the Univers
ity of Alaska will be one of the
speakers, along with Miss Ethel
McDonald, Home Demonstration Agent
also from the University,
Dr.Jules B.Loftus of Juneau will
also be hero as speaker at that
time and will bo remembered by
most residents of the Valley as
he was one of our speakers a year
ago. MrnI,M.C«Anderson, stock
expert from the University and
former resident of the Valley will
be here.
Local speakers and instructors
will be'Mr,Don Irwin, . Howard'
Estelle, Miss Hazel Zimmerman,
Mrs. Estelle, and Eolland Snodgrass
On fhrusday there will be a Com
munity Party hold in the Palmer
hall where every body will have
an opportunity to meet all the -
visitors. i4Gi?e news will be print
ed concerning the Farm Institute
next week, also, wc will print
the program for the events and
speakers for the three days.
IMMEDIATE PLANS NECESSARY
Last week carried an item con
cerning the spring plans for the
Poultry raisers of the valley.
Once more we ^not only urge but
notify all poultry raisers, that
immediate, plans for this years
baby chicks from the local hatch*
cry must be made at once.
Plans and arrangements are al
ready made to ship in improved
hatching eggs from outside stocks
In order to get these eggs in .
time for early hatching the hat
clshry must have your order before
January ?0, if possible. Remem
ber it will take wcek3 to-get
the eggs from the outside, and
three v/eeks to hatch them after
arrival.
Seven day old chicks will be
available at the hatchery on the
following dates; March 11 and25,
April 1-8-15-22-29. The hatchery
can not fill orders for more than
4,000 -chicks a week.
3even-dny-old chicks will cost
.18 and day-old chicks .15
Custom hatch chicken -eggs will
cost .04 per egg in tray lots.
Turkey eggs will be received
Apr51 1, Cor oust dr .hatch at i05
per egg in tray lots.
Please notify the hatchery as
soon as possible how many chicks
you want this year and the date
you wish to receive them them.
This is not only a conviencc to
the hatchery in giving prompt
service, but may save you when
the time comes to get baby chl,cks.