EXTENSION NEWS—February 4, 1S43.
Those who are interester1 in having
their grain samples tested may
bring their samples of grain to the
Extension office throughout the
month of February.
The Extension Agent has just comp
leted a summary of the records on
the Walter Marsh herd which he has
kept durint the past year. Each
month Mr. Marsh has taken samples
of milk from each individual cow tc
the creamery to be tested; the re
port fro-, the creamery on the per
cent of butterfat is use'1 as the
basis for figuring the pounds of
butterfat the cow produced during
that month. The amount of feed
that each cow received was also
kept and the summary shews Mr.
Mnrsh to 1 ave one cow producing
over 400 pounds of butterfat, whict
is a ver; good record under present
conditions. With this information
he will.be able to eliminate his
low producers. This information i;
also beinw figured for a number of
the other herds in the Valley. If
you desire to have it done for you
during the comint year please call
at the Extension Office or leave
word at the creamery with the
buttermaker.
The Mr.tanuska Valley Homemakers
Councl 1 m t at the Lounge on Mon
day, February 1, with six home
makers cl’-'bs represented.
Miss Rose C-uralnick, Public Health
Nurse, ,y.ve a talk on foods and
nutrition in regard to preventing
diseases.
Harold W. Rice, District Extension
Agent, outlined plans for garden •
meetings,
Mae Stephensen, District Home Dem
onstrati n Agent, demonstrated the
debumpint of cushions and made
plans for meetings to repair furn
iture. Tates were also set with
officers *f homemakers clubs to
plan their year's program of work.
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The River-'end Homemakers Club held
a special meeting, at the .Quarn**
strem home on February 4. Mae
Stephensen, Home Demonstration .
Agent, demonstrated the retying of
springs in an upholstered chair.
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Mae Stephensen, Distrifct Home Dem
onstration Agent, left Wednesday
February 10, for Seward, Valdez
and Cordova. She will teach cloth
ing classes for homemakers and
organize the 4-H Club work in
Valdez and Cordova,
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#f maximum acreages of crops this
year. The officials as well as the
representatives at the meeting felt
it would be most unpatriotic for
any one tc leave any land idle this
year when shipping space ancl food
are so much needed. One way we can
all help to ficht the submarine
menace is by planting maximum acre
ages. Not an acre should be left
idle this year, Any one who is not
planting his cultivated, land this
year should lease it to a neighbor.
There is much demand for such land,
especially by the dairy farmers. .
The Manpower Commission author
ities, labor, industry and others
are trusting that the Matanuska
farmers will raise large crops this
year, and they have given promises
f help if it is needed, but they
expect us first of all to use all
possible labor that is available
locally.
Herbert C. Hanson.
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IN COOPTATION '.VITK OUR REQUEST FOR
I TEAS IN REGARL TO PLANS FOR THE
COMING YEAR, WE HAVE RECEIVET TE3
FOLLOWING ITEN FROM MR. K.L. TETJMA.
We are approachin0 another season
of production, in which farmers are
asked to break all previous records,
for shvrta^es are appearing. A
shortage of one food leads commonly
to an increased demand for a subs
titute, hence all foods may event
ually become scarce.
The Matanuslca Valley is essent
ially a food producing area. Almost
all of our farm activities aim
(directly or indirectly) at the pro
duction of food for human consump
tion. We should consider therefore
what production will go farthest to
ward winning the war; what locally
grown food stuffs are the most vi
tal.
It is probable that we of the
Valley can plant and harvest more
acres than we diri last year, but it
is also probable that the return
might feed fewer people. The thing
I am wondering is whether we could
produce more by planting and har
vesting fewer acres than in prev
ious years. IS it possible for us
to feed more people by cultivating
and harvesting less?
Mr. K. L. Thuma.
The Infantile Paralysis Chapter of
Palmer, announces a meeting in the
Lounge on the evening of the first
Thursday in March, when the March
of Times Program will be planned.