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The regular meeting of tho
^and esc FI .lining Commit too was held
Wednesday evening August 6 in the
extension office. Tho or animation
committoe, consisting of Ladoso,
Snodgrass and nico, submittod the
following recommendations for reor
ganization of the Land Use Planning
Committee for 1941-42:
1- That tho ,l commodity group'1 basis
of selection of farmor-members bo
retained, as at present;also that tho
..Federal and Territorial agencies bo i
recognized as at present. I
2- That each11 commodity group'1 bo ro-J
quested to sot up a standard of eli
gibility for it's members, subject
to.tho approval of the Land Use la
nning Committee, based upon actual i
production and amendable from time ;
to time by tho commodity group and i
with the suggestion of the Land use !
Planning Commit too that any producer*
so eligible bo considered a member '
when ho shall have attend'd one ro^-i
ularly called mooting and until hi
shall have missed throe such cons.- :
cutivc meetings, membership lUiut.
ole noon furtiur attendance.
0- That prior to Ssptcmoor. 1 of
each yoar, each coi.irr.oditv croup bo ,
request od. to elect as its chairmans i
.representative to the hand Use ?la-'
nnmg Committee, who shall have the |
p.ov/or to appoint a substitute if ho i
cannot attend. That any famor-non-'
oor of the Land Us- Planning Cemni
11oo shall currently be residing up
on a farm and shall have as one of
his major agricultural activities
the production of the commodity of
the group ho represents.
4- That until an election shall bo
hold, the incumbent member of the
Lane Use Plannin^ Committee shall
represent his commodity group.
5- That following Toptombor 1 of
oach yoar, first in order of now bus
iness at the first meeting of the
Land u'so Planning Committee shall be
the election of a Chairman and Sod-:
rotary by ballot.
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TELD DAY AT THE STAY'D
Eighty people cnjoyc' Yield day
at the Station Thursday Ai^gnst 7,
and joined in a pot-luck 1 uicl ■ , a
short program, and a tour over the
Experiment Station plots and fields.
Don Irwin, Superintendent of the Ex
periment Station, gave a •-rief resu
me concerning the work b>Y . 3 done at
the Experiment Station - Treduction
and feed records on cows, calf feed
ing and sheep feeding o;:p .r Aments,
the grasses and small grr’vjn, selec
tion and yield of cereal crops, pot
atoes, and trees and bus" s to find
their adaptability to this area and
cooperating with the Soil Conser
vation program.
Dr.Gordon, Chief of the .ilaska
Division, u.3.hop 11 of la torior,
spoke oricfly of hi: rsae a n tow art
the situation in th . Valj
C. ,wlio is vitally inter .
do.v. lopncntof better paste,
grass lands, complimented
imont Station very lu.ghly
work that the' have bee:i r
ing with the small moans
io A. R..
. d in the
res and
the Lxpor
. or the
ccomplish
Iiat is-al
lotted to the Experiment
considering the progress
been made along this lin>
that dairying could logic
voloped as the major awr:
industry.
"tation,
hat has
, lie felt
lly bo do
‘ultural
br.Pctc urrill, of the Gener
al Lend Office in .'c.3hiiy ton, D.C.
stationed hone with a era.: of ex
perienced geographers, L^ssrs. atone
•artin and Hochord, reported brief
ly on what they wore finding in the
Valley in the field of 3oil classi
ficatioo and t mporaturos. They do
•ronstrated the taking a‘ h record
ing of soil tcnporatv.ros . nd oxpl ,i
nod the use and operation of fhc
thermograph.
L. j (otoC-*, * .ana^er the i.at
. anuska Valley : 'armors Co-aerating
Association spoke brief1; conccrnin;
activities of the marketing' organ!-'
zatior, but stressed particularly
that more farmers should avail thorn
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