FERTILIZER FASHIONS
MAY BE CHANGED BY
COAST GUARD RULES
men! Station « u ntiKtu. Mr Fn
willittfne** to supply only high j
analysis fertiliser materials to
Alaskan farmer*. He pointed out
that Coast Guard refutations may
prevent shipping ammonium m-|
trate through sea port facilities
He also had a word of reassur j
ance concerning the high quality j
ammonium nitrate now imported /
into Alaska This pure form is not J
as explosive as low grade prod-i
ucts containing appreciable quan-^
tities of organic matter that have!
been exported in past years'
through southern ports of the!
United States. Coast Guard reg
ulations do not differentiate be
tween pure and impure ammoni
um nitrate salts, however, so that
if sea port regulations are strin
gently enforced Alaska’s only re
course may be to impor* ammo
nium nitrate by truck over the j
highway.
Mr. Fryer wrould like to see
Alaska’s farmers buy more urea
which contains 44 percent nitro
gen wis compared to 32 percent for
ammonium nitrate. He also said
his company can supply ammoni-j
um phosphate containing 11 per-j
cent nitrogen and 48 percent i
phosphate. Both of these fertil
izers are concentrated forms that
are economical to ship long dis
tances. Lilly Company sells Du
Pont’s urea which is called “Nu
Green”.
Commenting on Mr. Fryer’s re
marks, Dr. Allan Mick, soil sci
entist with Alaska’s Agricultural
Experiment Stations, agreed that
11-48 ammonium phosphate and
urea are efficient, cheap fertili
zers when compared on the basis
of plant food content. The only
technical objection is that ammo
nium nitrogen changes to nitrate
nitrogen rather slowly when soil
temperatures are low during lace
spring and early summer. Am
monia and urea fertilizers are
therefore not considered as good
as nitrate fertilizers that require
no conversion in the soil before
being utilized by crop plants.
Eventually, however, all ammonia
nitrogen is utilized in the course
of a normal season.
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Chari
ment
v
fertiliser depar
ng Hgncuhur
ley this week,
n with fsxper
tf emphasized
Considering prices, Dr. Mick
points out that if nitrogen in cal
cium nitrate costs 31 cents a
pound as it did off-car in Palmer
this year, then a comparable price
for nitrogen in urea is about 22
cents a pound. Making an allow
ance of 11 cents a pound for the
phosphate in 11-48 ammonium
phosphate, its nitrogen costs only
9 cents a pound. Other compar
able nitrogen costs are 20 cents
for ammonium nitrate nitrogen,
and 13 cents for 16-20 ammonium
phosphate nitrogen. Sodium ni
trate nitrogen costs about 30 cents
a pound.
Eleven-48 ammonium phosphate
is an excellent phosphate carrier,
according to Alaska Experiment
Station reports. Where treble
super costs $6.25 a cwt., a farmer
can well afford to pay as much as
$7.25 a cwt. for 11-48 ammonium
phosphate, or $6.75 for 16-20 am
monium phosphate. Although so
dium nitrate and calcium nitrate
produce quick responses, they are
too expensive for general use by
Alaskan farmers.
buffalo and calf
SIGHTED AT VJLE 90
BY INGALLS PARTY
Dim Ingali* rep ted M-nriav
that tie had *een a hjflalo and a
calf near Mle IN* on the Glenn
High wav Sunday
Ingali* two of hi* aon*. and two
brother* of Mr* Inwall* weie re
turning from a fishing tup when
they aifhted the animal*
According to the F»*h and Wild
life Service, the buff aloe* must
have wandered far afield from
herd* which roam either the Big
Delta or Copper River area*.
New etr.pl* ye* at Koslosky'g
department store include; Mr*.
Kit Mofftt in the hardware dc
partment. Hank Smith, groceries.
Carol Axtell of Wasilla and Joe
seph 11 udock in dry goods.
Hospital Assn. Lists
Gilts Reciived From
Outs de and Valley
Mss Earl F Cra^iMk, of thr Val*
I*1' Hospital Aiannatiiifl ti.ard
released this week a l»rt of rerent
gifts rwnel by the hospital
Women's groups from arveial
Presbvtenan churches «n Califor
nia have «ent the following items
4 pair* pillow caaes, lit pairs pa;a
j mar I b> (Spreads. 47 mb pads.
10 mb blankets. 6 baby gowns,
4 rubber crib pads. 4 baby bands,
84 muslin bandages, and 5 pairs of
| sheets
The hospital association wished
to thank the follov. mg local indi
viduals and groups Mrs Everett
Bachelder. for 18 baby shirts and
a mirror: Lloyd Severns, for do
nating a glass window for the
present nursery; Mrs Grant
France, for a rubber pillow, th<
SURVEY CREW MEMBER HURT
IN NENANA RIVER DUNKING
l**ul Bennett. * young Harvard
student working for Gaoiagir*]
Survey this wmmrt on surface
water investigation* narmw ly es
caped death in the swift «tlm
of the Nenana. according to an
account received from Marvin
Slaughter during hts brief check
in at headquarter* heie last week -
1 end
About a mile upstream from
Healy a sur vey crew is encaged
m wetting up a gauging wtation
and a tramway cable arrow* the
400-MM-foot wide Nenana River
for the purpose of making stream
flow measurement*. A temporary
cable had been strung across the
river, and a 10-foot skiff was at
tached by pulleys to get the men
back and forth across the river
On Tuesday. June 26. Bennett
Mary Marthas, for 12 washcloths;
the Cheechako Club, for 2 crib
■ liners.
made a trip across thr 11m and
returned to the opposite shore
While still in the boat Imaminn
the guide r»*pe from the cable. h<*
noticed suddenly that the txu^
had drifted away ft *m the bant
Quickly the >wift current pulled
the boat into midstream. Then
eroaswise with the current, the
boat overturned
Bennett held onto the boat a
guide rope for 10 or 13 minute*
Then the icy water of the awrft
current forced him to loae hn>
hold. He attempted to swim to
shore against the current Land
ing about 250 yard* downstream
he grabbed painfully at sharp
rocks which lined the river bank
Sometime during the episod*
he broke two fingers. Suffering
from pain and shuck. he was
placed on the train and returned
to Palmer for treatment at Val
ley Hospital.
BUUErm:
*G*'"sr TH[ *mci
U*GBr «lUNG
,nZ.K GlUm ***HDS
m *?*AS fom ro
f ■*1 % MORE food
SPia f[« dollar
WHY pay 21% MORE
PerfOOr of fOOD SPAm
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SEE NEW GLACIER BLUE INTERIOR
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FULL-WIDTH FREEZER
MORE STORAGE SPACE AT LESS COST
NEW BUTTER KEEPER
MORE STORAGE SPACE AT LESS COST
SCIENTIFIC SHELF SPACING
MORE STORAGE SPACE AT LESS COST
NEW DOOR SHELVES
MORE STORAGE SPACE AT LESS COST
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