THE VALJ'.Y SETTLER is published
every I'riday by the Matanuska
Valley Parmer T s Coopern cir.g As
sociation at Palmer, Alaska.
ling. Editor: Irving Ncvivillo
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This paper is issued for the
purpose of giving information
and nows of the Matanuska Valley
Parmer * s Go'-opcrating ’Associa
tion’s \.or k. problems, accomp
lishments, also ncv;s of local
and general interest; and to
foster f c cooperative spirit of
the farmers of the Matanuska
Valley,
ANNUAL CO-OP MSI.BERSHIP MEETING
the Board Carl Rasmussen are prom
ised.
Four vacancies v,rlll occur on
the board and must be filled by re
election or by the election of new
memb er s.
Loo1 s like a big days work.
There is Iso a proposed amendment
to the b*-laws to be considered.,
Remember--10 o'clock in the
morning.
INCREASE YIELDS WITH CROP ROTATION
The results of a crop retailor
experiment carried on at the Exper
iment' Str ion last- year boro shewn,,
point an excellent method of soil
improvement and crop increase. Crop
rotation must be considered in plans
for a permanent agriculture.
One acre plots were planted in
accordance with a system adopted in
1936. I lot r/1 last year was seeded
to oats and peas for hay and silage,
this year seeded to climax oats
with bromegrass and Grimm alfalfa
broadcast. Plot #2 was planted last
year to 19-B. barley with yellow
blossom sweet clover broadcast,,
Plot 2 in 1940 was seeded to oats
and peas for hay or silage. Plot #3
(con’t on top of page)
ir. 7 9.39 crow Alaska canning n,&s;
■xh M pluut.ed in 1910 to bec./d'ors
j Ji .‘-lev y/.'-til /el.iCW bi03 3 0n S'VCO'C
J-cj.ovcr- broadcast , Ploc, #4 in 1939
j seeded to Gate with yellow blossom
l sweet o.lover and bromcgrass broad
I oash was this yoar seeded bo Han
I 'kuricn canning peas. The addition
j if the swiot ciovor, alfalfa, and
brome grass seeded broadcast, is
t ■> increase nitrate and hum as in
the soil and provide wood control,
Ho commercial fertilizer or barn
yard manure is to be applied to
these plots,
Excellent stands of all grains
and legumes except pca.3 were ob
tained, The yields on the several
plots were above field averages.
During the growing season the plot
of beardless barley, grown on land
_sccded to peas last year, showed'
a very vigorous dard green color, i
Heads wore long and well fill ;d„ t
All the plots showed little evi
dence of week infestation except
I in the canning peas. Table No, 7
i shows the yields per aero with c-sst
I of production per acre, and per
bushel or ton as the case may be.
Table Ho 7
Yields per aero
Rotation plots.
Flot Variety
_H_o._s own_
1-, Climax Oats
Oat-pea silage
Hu11e sb bar1ey
2,
3.
4 -
Yields
06.0 0.01*0
7.86
Uanc'luri an c ann ing
oons
57.5
1G.5
D U. •
tons
bu.
bu.
Cost
p or
o
U
14,
acre
"TO - 37
on ■ 57
21,90
42 . 57
Per unit
c os t
/> -46 bu.
4.15 ton
.31 ba.
4.15 bu.
The pedigree of honey
Docs not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy?
Ymily Dickinson.
Remember--Co-op meeting.