NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE
by Graham Fulton
While Dick Blue and family
are enjoying a well earned week’s
holiday at Fairbanks, the swivel
chair at the Extension office will
be held down by yours truly.
Another vacationing couple'
are Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kirsch.
They are spending the week end
«t Curry and plan to be back:
Tuesday.
Local 4-H gardners will be in-;
terested to know that the final j
judging of their gardens will take j
place the latter part of this week, i
A visitor to the office last week
was Irving W. Abbot, secretary
of the Alaska Certified Seed
Growers Association. Mr. Abbott
spent three days in the area mak- ,
ing his second field inspection of j
Edda barley and Golden Rain
oats which are being grown for
^certification.
Last week, a group of farmers
from Palmer. Wasilla, Anchorage
and Fairbanks, met with agricul
tural workers in the Palmer Ex
tension office to discuss organiza
tional procedures and policies of
an Alaskan Agricultural plann
ing comittee. The Fairbanks and
Kenai areas have already organiz
ed their local planning commit
tees and have selected represen
tatives for the Territorial plann
itfjg committee. Palmer, Anchor
age and Wasilla have yet to or
ganize their local committee and
when this is done, perhaps some
time this fall, a meeting will be
called to further the Territorial
organization.
CANNING CONTEST
Marylou Lashbrook announces
that the National Garden Insti
tute is awarding a silver covered
vegetable dish with a small shield
of the National Garden Institute
on top to the winner.
ANYONE putting up Alaskan'
grown products for home use, j
may enter the contest. A record i
is kept of food canned or frozen I
*this year. This record may be ta- j
bulated on a form sent on request
to you from the Extension Ser
vice. Early in September, judges
will see your total products and
their decision sent to the Exten- j
sion Service. Reports of district |
winners will be sent to the Uni- j
versity office by October 10, j
where a territorial winner will;
be selected by a panel of three!
home economics teacher.
Judging will be based on the
following:
a. 41) points ior yuaniuy vcu,,
least 500 pounds of food), b 301
points for variet y-balanced
amounts of vegetables, berries,
meat, fish, (canned, frozen, dried,
brined or stored) C. 30 points for
Quality-no indication of spoilage.
Foods properly stored in a clean,
dry, dark, cool place.
If you are interested in enter-’
ing the contest, contact the Ex
tension Service. Just reviewed a
supply of bulletins, “Pickles, Re
lish, and Kraut”. Free for the ask
ing at the Extension office. It
is an Alaskan bulletin written
by Mrs. Fohn Hansen, so recipes
are of practical value.
Six Cases of Polio Reported In
Territory This Summer
Six cases of polio have been
recorded in Alaska this summer,
according to the Territorial
Health Department.
Four of these were reported
from Nome and two from Fair
banks.
FRANK LINN GETS
WRITE-UP IN
NATIONAL MAGAZINE
Frank Linn is the subject of an
article appearing in the Septem
ber issue of Soil Conservation, a
national magazine published by
the Soil Conservation Service.
The article describes Linn's ex
periences in Alaska, and special
emphasis is given his many ef
forts in promoting the develop
ment of agriculture in the Terri
tory. Mrs. Linn and their child
ren. Allan and Mary Ann, come
in for their share of the credit
also.
Linn is the chairman of the
Alaska Soil Conservation Board.
Copies of Soil Conservation are
distributed on a subscription
basis only, but they may be read
in the Soil Conservation Service
offices. Dr. Bailey’s office, or in
the library of the Alaska Agri
cultural Experiment Station.
Emergency Flight for
Fire Control Aid
Flown in from Glen Allen fire
guard station by the Division of
Forestry plane last Saturday,
Paul Backwell, fire control aid
was taken to the Valley hospital
where an appendectomy was per
formed by Dr. Arthur Colberg.
The plane was piloted by John
McCormick.
Expecting to be released from
M.V.B.A. NEWS
BY ERNEST HARRINGTON
News and Comments
We were supposed to write a
beginning for last week’s column
but we didn’t find time to get it
in. Nevertheless there was some
pretty good information or data
referring to pasturing of dairy
cows, keep it for reference.
I understand last week’s Field
Day at the Experiment farm was
quite successful, I didn’t find time
to make it myself.
It looks like we will have good
record crop hay, with all this
good rain. While this slow ram
might get a little monotonous at
times, it’s sure a lot better than
the “gully washers’’ they have
been having in Wisconsin and
Minnesota.
I have observed recently the
results of loss of top soil from
wind erosion. It’s bad. I haven’t
seen such a poor crop since the
days of the great drought, back
in the 30’s. If nothing else, I
would spread straw or shavings
on these potato cropped lands in
the Fall to hold it down, disking
it in. ,
No meeting next month, time
to be busy on that Fall work.
the hospital this week. Backwell
will spend his recuperating time
at the local fire guard station.
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