FARM DOINGS
IN THE VALLEY
By Lew Hanks
CONSERVATION NOTES
Your correspondent spent a
good part of the week checking
soil maps on farms, both at Pal
mer and Wasilla. This is a pre
liminary step before clearing.
Your correspondent is getting
of the opinion that the major
qualification necessary for a soils
surveyor is the possession of a
good shovel and a strong back.
I’ve got a good shovel anyway.
Tom Day and Dr. Allan Mick
probably will not agree with me
but I’m going to tell you how to
be a soils expert in one easy (?)
lesson. First you take a shovel
and start out through the woods
back of the house. If your feet
get wet, keep walking. When
you reach ground dry enough to
plow, start digging. If you strike
gravel in less than a foot, start
walking again. You may find
deeper soil spmewhere on the
farm.
When you find that first dry
relatively level area with more
than a foot in depth you can
drop the shovel, grab an ax and
start clearing. One caution —
don’t count the layer of moss.
„ J. C. MARLOW
jfc "' 'lA Nationally known
breeder of purebred
% dairy cattle for over
40 years, dairyman,
^^Mjgjghteand the manufacturer
BTs^Hof Marlow Milkers
"/ believe in the Marlow Milker
because I know what it can do
to improve dairying, from per
sonal observation and ex
perience with my own herds.
For more than 40 years I have
been a breeder of purebred
dairy cattle as well as a milker
man.
"I built the Marlow Milker be
cause I saw the need for a
mechanical milker that would
be gentler on udders and elim
inate a major cause of mastitis
flare-ups, boost milk produc
tion, and make dairying easier
and more profitable for dairy
men everywhere.”
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Then Marlow Users Say:
"There is no comparison between the
Marlow and any milking machine
that I’ve ever seen. If all the dairymen
would use the Marlow, I’m sure they
would eliminate their greatest prob
lem, mastitis.”
lev/ Johnson, Farwell, Texas
"We are receiving more milk from
our cows with the Marlow than be
fore with hand milking. They have
completely eliminated mastitis in our
Wo Iter Quade, Janesville, Minn.
MARLOW MILKERS
Teat Cups Won’t Crawl
Eosy Clean '
Cleaner Milk
Faster Milking ; ........
For Any Size Herd ^
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The Marlow is Not Just
Another Milker—It’s Different
The Marlow Milker will be
on display at the Malanuska
Valley Fair on Sept. 1, 2, 3. 4
Orville Hanson
Phone 27131, Anchorage
Authorized Dealer For
MARLOW MILKERS
leaves and organic material on
the surface as soil depth. Meas
ure only mineral soil.
Land clearing, especially on
shallow soils, is an art in itself
if one wishes to keep the topsoil.
This will be a subject for next
time.
Teen-Agers Are Guests
At Cox Birthday Party
WASILLA—Larry Cox enter
tained a group of 23 fellow teen
agers at a birthday party at his
Knik home last week. Party
guests spent the day swimming
and enjoying a wiener roast.
If everyone’s conscience was
more co-operative, everyone could
live a more comfortable life.
SURVEY CREW PLATS
BIG LAKE LAND
WASILLA—A nine-man crew
is completing a survey of land in
the Big Lake area. They will plat
all unsurveyed land in the Big
Lake area, some of which was re
cently opened for filing as cabin
tracts. The land opened to entry
comprises roughly 100 acres on
the northeast shore of Big Lake.
The survey crew began its work
at the lake last Saturday.
Office Girl Now on Duly
At Ken's Electric Shop
An employe is now on duty at
Ken’s Electric Shop on a full-time
basis, according to owner Ken
Koster. Miss Ramona Davis is
filling the position of office clerk.
That Old Saying,
'He Knows His Onions,1
Certainly Does Apply
To Our Cooking
We Give You
"Home Cooking"
Away From Home
For Every Meal
Try Our
Home-Baked Pies
(Fresh rhubarb is our “extra
special” special these days.)
Ron-Da-Voo Cafe
Free Demonstration
Saturday, August 19
of
McCORMICK FIELD HAY CHOPPER
and
ENSILAGE AND FORAGE BLOWER
at the
H. S. BAUER RANCH NEAR PALMER
Hay Chopper and Blower will be set up at
the Bauer ranch Saturday morning. The
demonstration is scheduled to take place
right after lunch.
Be there and see what this most modern
piece of farm machinery can do, to make
haying work easier.
Place Orders for the
Hay Chopper and Ensilage Blower
at
Co-op Garage
Palmer, Alaska
BENEFIT DANCE REAPS /
NEARLY $1,000 FUND l
The recent benefit dance at
Palmer Gym, staged by members a
of the local carpenters’ union, was j.
“very successful,” union president 1
Ray Lancaster reported today. Mr. c
Lancaster estimated that net p
benefit proceeds totalled nearly r
$1,000. li
anchorage Mother. Son
lanage Wasilla Roadhouse
WASILLA—Mrs. Mary Bilodau
nd son, Warren Day, have as
Limed management of the Wasil
i Roadhouse and Liquor Store,
'hey come to Wasilla from An
horage. The new managers re
lace Mr. and Mrs. William Nor
is, who plan to go Outside to
ve.
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HENRY F. WOLLF, INC.
Terminal Yards, Anchorage
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Firtex Interior (over 600*) 79.50 per
M.
M.
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