7/EEiCLY WEATHER REPORT - September 19 to September 26
MATANUSKA VALLEY
STATION
OBSERVER
Date
Max.
Temp,
T
Min.
Temp.
Total
Precip,
Wind j Days
Direc. Clear
Days
Partly
Cloudy
Days
Cl'cy
Butte
Ncvrville
24
68
23
40
1.54
Var.
Palmer
U. Sherrod
22
65
20
40
1.38
SE
Palmer Alaska
Vivien Mei^r
1.60
Matanuska
Bergnn
1.91
EXTENSION SERVICE NOTES
According to a War Lott or from the U.3
Department of Agriculture, reduced tire
quotas make it imperative that truck and
auto owners intensify their conservation
effort3. The tire allotment that was nl
lowed for September thruout the nation wa
cut by nearly 100,000, and likcwiso the
quota for recapped tires. Truck tire
quotas include tire3 for busses, farm
tractors, implements and other heavy equi;
ment. War price and rationing boards
have been a3ked to apply the strictest
possible interpretation of recent rulings
restricting truck eligibility to vehicles
essential to the war effort. Truck oper
ators are asked to redouble their efforts
to avoid waste mileage, cake every possi
ble arrangements»for loaded back-hauls, am
confine their operations to essential sor
vices, and they are urged to give their
tires every possible care. Farmers, in
particular, aro requested to get together
with their neighbors and pool their trans'
portation on a neighborhood basis.
All 4-H clubs members* whether or not
they exhibited their projects at the
Achievement Fair, are urged to get their
record books in to tho Extension office
during the next 10 days so that they may
be chocked before tho Achievement Day pro’
gram, which is being planned by tho 4-H
leaders.
*
A dozen large eggs must weigh 23% oun
ces, by U.S.Standards grading rules, A
dozen medium eggs must weigh 20 ounces,am
a dozen small eggs 16 ounces. Most eggs
turned in 'as graded weigh more than the •
required tests,
* \
Winter is coning and watering livestocl
will be more difficult. Cattle get ’thin
ty in cold weather as well as in summer.
Plenty of wntor is essential.
In accordance with the proclamation of
1 the President of the ‘United States designa
ting this'next week beginning Sunday, as
; Fire Prevention Week for 1942, it is impor
tant that every family check on the heating
units in their respective hones. Perhaps
the boaters have been sot up nil summer,
but the pipes have not been checked. If
’chimneys go thru an attic, it is advisable
to see if anything has fallen against the
chimney, any holes worn thru, much soot
collected in the flues, as a little pre
Pcaution may save your home. Do you have
I a fire extinguisher, either water system
or chemical, on hand? Has your chemical
| extinguisher been checked? Do not put
these investigations aside, as there have
‘millions of dollars lost annually in rural
fires, which night have been saved had
! someone checked.
Overcrowding is a sure way to lose money
i in the poultry business, states Harold ',7,
Rico, District Extension Agent. If you
have a flock of one of the heavy breod3 of
’poultry, you should allow at least 3^- 3q.
feet of floor space for each heavy breed
bird and at least 3 sq« feet for every
light breed hen. If your house is built
to house 150 birds, don't crowd 250 into
it, thinking that you are going to increase
the number of eggs gathered as in most
, cases the flock mortality runs very high
and production averages run low. Nature
has a way of taking care of these condi*
tions, which is the survival of the fit
test, Crowding too many hens into a given
space usually results in an outbreak of
(colds in the beginning, which .jay lead to
all types of complications. If you have
a straw loft in the poultry house, check
to see if the straw is pushed well down
the rafters to the side wall' so as not to
permit any draft over the tops of the birds
while on the roost. Provide plenty of
feeder and fountain• «t least 32 running
feet of feeder space for each 100 hens.