Grains Most Suitable
For Peninsula Planting
Proven in Recent Tests
A summary concerning the
raising of cereal grains in Alas
ka, and in particular on the Kenai
Peninsula, has been prepared by
Edward W. Liebenthal, district
agricultural agent stationed at
Homer.
“Since the most critical factor
in production of cereal grains in
Alaska is the short cool season,
the ability to ripen is the first
characteristic to be considered in
evaluating- performances of a var
iety, I.iebenthal explained. Other
important characteristics a r e
quality, resistance to lodging, re
sistance to disease and the yield.
The first attempt to test the
performance of cereal grains in
Alaska was at the Agricultural
Experiment Station at Sitka in
1899. First testing of spring
grains on the Kenai Peninsula
was done at the Kenai Experi
ment Station in 1900. Testing has
continued up until the present.
The last 15-20 years has seen
the evaluation of a world’s col
lection of barley and oats. The
“Uniform Alcan Cereal Tests”
were initiated in 1952 by the Ex
periment Station of the Univer
sity of Alaska and have continu
ed up through the present. These
tests were planned to provide
comparative data on the perform
ance of varieties of spring wheat,
oats and barley.
“These tests are planned to pro
vide comparative data on the per
formance .of varieties of spring
wheat, oats and barley. These
trials have under test four varie
ties of wheat, eight varieties of
oats and six varieties of barley,”
Liebenthal said.
Tested on Peninsula
These various cereal varieties
have also been tested in the Ke
nai-Kasilof Subdistrict through
cooperative plantings with farm
ers at Soldotna, Cohoe, Sterling
and Funny River.
Out of this testing- program
have come the present standard
varieties currently used in Alas
ka and new and better varieties
for the future.
Edda barley is the standard
barley variety grown in Alaska.
It is superior to the Trapmar and
Olli barleys which formerly were
widely grown in Alaska, Lieben
thal said.
Edda barley is a 6-row, hulled,
rough awned variety. Average
weight per bushel will usually be
above the 48 pounds per bushel
standard weight for barley. It
has yielded 50.8 bushels per acre
in small plot testing, the district
agricultural agent said. This is
about 10 bushels per acre more
than the old stand-by Olli barley.
Malting quality of Edda and
Olli barley is high. Feed value is
also very good, being equal to or
higher than that of barleys grown
in the South 48 states. No barley
tested in Alaska excels Edda in
all around perfoimance, Lieben
thal added.
- Oats, Wheat Also Grown
Oats are grown in Alaska both
for forage and cereal grains.
Those commonly grown for for
age have been the Victory Climax
and the Swedish Select varieties.
Golden Rain Oats was the first
recent introduction of an oat va
riety with superior qualities for
earliness and yield. Yield per
acre in small plots at Palmer is
about 90 bushels per acre and
days to maturity is about 114
days. Nip oats, the most recent
standard variety, yields as well
Or slightly better than Golden
Rain and is the shoi-test season
oats, requiring 104 days to ripen
in the Matanuska Valley.
“The ability to ripen under our
short cool season is the most cri
tical factor with all grains.” Lie
benthal repeated. “This is espec
ially true of spring- wheat. Stand
ard varietits for Alaska are the
Khogot and Gasser wheat. Gasser
wheat was developed from a cross
with Khogot and is definitely su
perior, nevertheless it takes 121
days to ripen at Palmer so it
must be considered a marginal
crop in the Kenai-Kasilof Sub
district.”
Many people wonder about the
values of winter grains in Alaska,
according to Liebenthal. So far
testing of winter grains has been
limited. Cooperative plantings
were made at Sterling, Cohoe and
Homer in August of 1959 and a
successful harvest made in 1960.
Cooperative plantings of winter
grains is planned for August of
1963,” the district agent said.
“New varieties obtained from the
Scandinavian countries by the Ex
periment Station will be tested.
Testing thus far indicates that
winter wheat and winter rye may
have possibilities,” he concluded.
LEGAL NOTICE
CITY OF KENAI
NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ELECTION
WATER BONDS
A special election shall be held
on 5th day of February 19(53, in
and for the City of Kenai, Alas
ka, in the City Administration
building, at which the following
proposition shall be submitted to
qualified electors:
PROPOSITION
Shall the City of Kenai, Al
aska, issue general obligation
bonds in an amount not to ex
ceed TWO H U N I) R E I)
THOU SAN D D OLL A R S
($200,000.00) for the follow
ing purposes: For the con
struction of water mains and
water distribution w o r k s
within the corporate limits
of the City of Kenai, includ
ing acquisition of necessary
lands, appurtenances and in
stallation of all necessary
equipment, appliances, fix
tuico ami an uiuci
tenances. All of said general
obligation bonds shali mature
in not to exceed Thirty (30)
years from the date of issu
ance and bear interest at a
rate not to exceed Six Per
Cent (6ir ) per annum and
shall be payable both princi
pal and interest out of annual
tax levies to be made without
limitation as to rate or
amount, all as more speci
fically provided in Resolution
No. 58 of the City of Kenai,
Alflskfl
QUALIFICATIONS OF ELEC
TORS: (a) Electors must be at
least Nineteen (19) years of age;
(b) Electors must be citizens of
the United States and for at least
one year immediately preceding
said election, residents of the
State of Alaska, and for Thirty
(30) days immediately preceding
the election residents of the City
of Kenai, Alaska; (c) Electors
must be able to speak or read the
English language as prescribed
by law; (d) Electors must not be
barred from voting by any other
provisions of the law; (e) Elec
tors must appear on the latest
tax assessment roll for the City
of Kenai. (f) Electors must be
registered in the manner pre
scribed in Ordinance No. 3 of the
CHy of Kenai.
REGISTRATION: Registra
tion of electors shall be accom
plished daily, except Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays at the of
fice of the City Clerk, City Ad
ministration Building, Kenai, Al
aska from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
daily. Registration shall be closed
5 days preceding said special
election.
POLLS: The only designated
polling place for the special elec
tion for all qualified voters shall
be in the City Administration
Building at Kenai, Alaska and
said polls shall be open for voting
from 8:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M. on
5th day of February 1963.
Francis Torkilsen
City Clerk
Pub. January 4, 11, 18, 1963.
HOMEMAKERS TO MEET
SOLDOTNA — Soldotna Home
makers -will complete the making
of pictures from glass fragments
when they meet Monday, Jan. 21,
at the home of Mrs. Tom Suthard,
who lives on a hillside back of the
Homer lElectrie Assoc, office in
Ridgeway. Those who are unfam
iliar with the location are asked
to meet at 7:15 p.m. in the Gibb’s
Apparel parking lot and go in a
group to the meeting set for 7:30
p.m.
GRAZING LANDS
Approximately 3,500 cattle, 15,
000 sheep and 450 horses are be
ing grazed on some 70 grazing
leases covering about 1,600,000
acres from the Alaska Range
westward to Umnak in the Aleu
tian Islands, according to a Jan
uary release by the Bureau of
Land Management.
Read the News ciassifieds for
profit—use them for results.
_LEGAL NOTICE_
UNITED STATES .
DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT
Land Office
Cordova Building
6th and Cordova
Anchorage, Alaska
Date: Dec. 20, 1062
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that
Frank Joseph Balogh has made
application for a Homesite under
the Act of May 26, 1034 ( 48 Stat.
809) identified by Anchorage
Serial Number 029079 for a tract
of land described as
U. S. Survey No. 3632, situ
ated on the Westerly side of
Seldovia Bay adjacent to U.
S. Survey No. 958, containing
4.03 acres.
Any person, corporation, or as
sociation having or asserting any
adverse interest in or claim to the
tract of land or any part thereof
may file in the Anchorage Land
Office their objections to the is
suance of patent during the per
iod of publication or within 30
days thereafter. Objections must
be fired under oath, setting forth
the nature and extent of the ad
verse claim; and the adverse
claimant shall, within 60 days af
ter the filing of such claim, be
gin action to quiet title in a court
of competent jurisdiction in Al
aska, and thereafter patent shall
be issued in conformity with the
final decree of the court.
Alfred P. Steger
Chief, Lands Section
Date First Pub: Jan. 11, 1963
Date Last Pub: March 8, 1963
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT
Land Office
Cordova Building
555 Cordova Street
Anchorage, Alaska
Date: Jan 8, 1963
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Burt
Allen Barr entryman, of Kenai,
Alaska, together with his witness
es Paul L. Costa of Kenai, Alas
ka and Thomas A. Toloff of Ke
nai, Alaska has submitted final
proof on his Homestead entry
Anchorage Serial Number 051219
for a tract of land described as
Lots u, 12, 13 and 14, Sec
tion 4, T 7 N., R. 11 W., S.M.
containing 116.15 acres, and it is
now in the files of the Land of
fice, Anchorage, Alaska. Any per
son, corporation, or association
having or asserting any adverse
interest in, or claim to, the tract
of land or any part thereof
sought, may file in the Anchorage
Land Office, during the period of
publication or within 30 days
thereafter, under oath, an adverse
claim setting forth the nature and
extent thereof, and such adverse
claimant shall, within sixty days
after the filing of such adverse
claim, begin action to quiet title
in a court of competent jurisdic
tion within Alaska, and thereaf
ter patent shall be issued in con
formity with the final decree of
the court.
Alfred P. Steger
Chief, Lands Section
Pub. Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8,15 1963
Kenai School
Lunch Menus
Monday, Jan. 21
Turkey noodle soup, buttered
mixed vegetables, chocolate cake,
cheese wedges, crackers and milk.
Tuesday, Jan. 22
Weiners and buns, potato sal
ad, peach halves, relish, mustard,
milk.
Wednesday, Jan. 23
Turkey pot pie, buttered corn,
pineapple slices, hot biscuits,
milk.
Thursday, Jan. 24
Beef stew, buttered carrots,
pear halves, buttered hot rolls,
milk.
Friday, Jan. 24
Mushroom soup, peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches, buttered
peas, apple cobbler, milk.
LEGAL NOTICE_
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT
Land Office
Cordova Building
555 Cordova Street
Anchorage, Alaska
Date: Dec. 21, 1962
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that
Richard Lyle Schuller entryman,
of Kenai, Alaska, together with
his witnesses James L. Evenson
of Kenai, Alaska and Jerry D.
Thompson of Kenai, Alaska has
submitted final proof on his
Homestead entry Anchorage Ser
ial Number 050034 for a tract of
land described as
Lots 4, 8, 9 and NV4SEVt,
Section 17, T. 7 N., R. 11 W.,
S. M„
containing 143.54 acres, and it is
now in the files of the Land of
fice, Anchorage, Alaska. Any per
son, corporation, or association
having or asserting any adverse
interest in, or claim to, the tract
of land or any part thereof
sought, may file in the Anchorage
Land Office, during the period of
publication or within 30 days
thereafter, under oath, an adverse
claim setting forth the nature and
extent thereof, and such adverse
iidijuuru, suau, wiimn sixty aays
after the filing of such adverse
claim, begin action to quiet title
in a court of competent jurisdic
tion within Alaska, and thereaf
ter patent shall be issued in con
formity with the final decree of
the court.
Alfred P. Steger
Chief, Lands Section
Pub. Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8, 15 1963
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT
Land Office
Cordova Building
555 Cordova Street
Anchorage, Alaska
Date: Jan. 11, 1963
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Ar
chie Ellwood Pierson entryman,
of Soldotna, Alaska, together
with his witnesses Clarence E.
Goodrich of Soldotna, Alaska and
Edward CieChanski of Soldotna,
Alaska has submitted final proof,
on his Homestead Original and
Additional entry(s) Anchorage
Serial Number(s) 034602 and
041182 for a tract of land describ
ed as
E%E«4, Sec. 22, T. 5 N., R.
11 W., S.M.,
containing 160 acres, and it is
now in the files of the Land of
fice, Anchorage, Alaska. Any per
son, corporation, or association
having or asserting any adverse
interest in, or claim to, the tract
of land or any part thereof
sought, may file in the Anchorage
Land Office, during the period of
publication or within 30 days
thereafter, under oath, an adverse
claim setting forth the nature and
extent thereof, and such adverse
claimant shall, within sixty days
after the filing of such adverse
claim, begin action to quiet title
in a court of competent jurisdic
tion within Alaska, and thereaf
ter patent shall be issued in con
formity with the final decree of
the court.
Alfred P. Steger
Chief, I^ands Section
Pub. Jan. 18; 25, Feb. 1, 8, 15 1963
MILK MONEY DUE
SOLDOTNA — Parents of stu
dents who participate in the
school lunch milk program at Sol
dotna School are advised that the
payment schedule for milk is $1
every two weeks. Such a payment
was due Friday, Jan. 11. Other
payment dates in the immediate
future will be Jan. 25, Feb. 8 and
Feb. 22. All students carrying
lunches to school may supple
ment their noon meal with milk
by participating in the program.
LEGAL NOTICE
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT
Land Office
Cordova Building
555 Cordova Street
Anchorage, Alaska
Date: Jan. 2, 1963
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Under the provisions of the Act
of July 7, 1958, Sec. 6(b), (72
Stat. 339-342), as amended, the
State of Alaska, on November 19,
1962, filed application Anchorage
058326 for the E% of T. 7 S., R.
13 W., S.M., excluding any prior
valid rights, claims or patented
lands which embraces both sur
veyed and unsurveyed lands, and
amended the application Novem
ber 30, 1962, to include all lands
in T. 7 S., R. 13 W., S.M., in the
Kachemak Bay area located on
the Southeast portion of the
Homer Spit.
One purpose of this notice is to
allow all persons claiming the
lands adversely to file in this of
fice their objections to issuance
of patent to the State. Such per
sons must serve on the Director,
Division of Lands, Department of
Natural Resources, State of Al
aska. 344 Sixth Avenue, Anchor
age, Alaska, a copy of their ob
jections and furnish evidence of
such service to the Anchorage
Land Office, Cordova Building,
555 Cordova Street, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Notice is also given that the
above described lands have since
the date of application, Novem
ber 19, 1962 been segregated
irom all applications and appro
priations under the public land
laws, including settlement under
the homestead and similar laws
and locations under the mining
laws. Settlements and locations
initiated on or after that date are
null and void.
Alfred P. Steger
Chief, Lands Section
Pub. Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 1963
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT
Land Office
Cordova Building
655 Cordova Street
Anchorage, Alaska
Date: Dec. 21, 1962
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hex-eby given that Ro
bert T. Chamberlin entryman, of
Kodiak, Alaska, together with his
witnesses Alfred A. Owen of Ko
diak, Alaska and Robert W. Owen
of Kodiak, Alaska has submitted
final proof on his Homestead en
try Anchorage Serial Number
019260 for a tract of land describ
ed as
U. S; Survey No. 3631, situ
ated on the Westerly side of
Marmot Island,
containing 40.00 acres, and it is
now in the files of the Land of
fice, Anchorage, Alaska. Any per
son, corporation, or association
having or asserting any adverse
interest in, or claim to, the tract
of land or any' part thereof
sought, may file in the Anchorage
Land Office, during the period of
publication or within 30 days
thereafter, under oath, an adverse
claim setting forth the nature and
extent thereof, and such adverse
claimant shall, within sixty days
after the filing of such adverse
claim, begin action to quiet titla
in a court of competent jurisdic
tion within Alaska, and thereaf
ter patent shall be issued in con
formity with the final decree of
the court. "
Alfred P. Steger
Chief, Lands Section
Date First Pub.: Jan. 18, 1963
Date Last Pub.: March 15, 1963