Matanuska Valley
Breeders’ Assn. News
(This column is devoted to all
neyis pertaining to the promotion
of the dairy industry of the Val
ley.)
By ERNEST H. L HARRINGTON
President
ONE OF OUR greatest prob
lems at this time of year, espe
cially this year, when the cold
has been excessive, is frozen
?ilage. It is a tedious, man-kill
ing job to loosen the frozen
silage around the edges and get
it '4’dt in order to keep the- sur
face level. •
It works a little better to have
the outside edge lower, but it is
all too easy, when we have ?
busy day, to let some of this hard
chopping go.
If the frozen silage is allowed
to cling to the side of the. silaj it
always results in inferior, jf not
worthless, feed when it .is thaw
ed.
Here are some preventive
measures for this trouble, which
are employed in other areas
which experience, every winter,
weather as cold as we have had
in the Valley this winter:
Construct a framework of poles
and netting about two feet from
the outside of the silo, all around
it, and pack it with straw.
Or have a movable ceiling in
the silo, hung with ropes which
are run through pulleys in the
top of the silo.
However, I believe the best
idea, and one that our prospec
tive dairymen will use, as I am
told, is to have the silo inside the
barn. This is the system that I
intend to put into use myself.
Besides protecting the sides of
the silo from direct exposure to
the coldest air, it also provides a
projected area for the cows, while
moving from the Grade A barn
to the loafing barn. There will
be doors in this building large
enough to allow the loads of hay
to be brought into the silo filler,
SO MUCH FOR the frozen
silage problem. Now for a word
or two of advice to those who are
starting, or who plan to start, ir
dairying, concerning problems ir
general:
I can think of no other proce
Food Handlers—
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such places by letter, but he em
phasized that all are invited, even
if their letter is overlooked.
The planned three-day course
will consist of' lectures, movies
and demonstrations. Topics cov
ered will include diseases spread
by food, proper food handling
methods, dishwashing procedures
and control of cockroaches.
Dr. Robert L. Smith, assistant
commissioner of health, Mrs.
Alice Powell and William Deer
ing, sanitarians, and Frank Pauls,
bacteriologist, will assist Mr. Mor
ley in the presentation of lectures
and demonstrations.
• dure than to visit the longest es-.
tablished dairy farms of the Val
ley. These farmers can show "you
their methods and can: give you
advice that would take you years
of experience to -learn otherwise.
Rdmember that these men' are
‘ farmers at heart, with all of the
attribuffes of farmers as we know
i them tdday. First and foremost,
we are individualists, not Social
istic in planning, but believers in
free enterprise and in the capa
bilities of the individual—we are
believers in co-operatives, not to
help the little fellow (period) but
I to help the little fellow help him
| self. ’ ^ - -
SEE ALL.: of you at our meet
ing at the Extension Office next
Monday night at 8 o’clock.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
i Palmer Pair Attend
Anchorage Scout Dinner
Walter E. Huntley and Victor
Alfsen of Palmer attended the
recent district Boy Scout banquet
held in Anchorage. Mr. Huntley
is a member of the territorial
council’s executive committee and
Reverend Alfsen is leader of the
Palmer Boy Scout troop.
At the district banquet, Jack!
Maze of Palmer was named a
director-at-large of the Anchor
age district.
Gasser's Booklet Is Off Press
“Growing Vegetables in Alas
ka,” last official publication of
George W. Gasser*' commissioner
of agriculture for Alaska prior to i
his Jan. 1 retirement, is ready for!
distribution, it was announced in
Fairbanks last week'. The book-1
let deals with treatment of soils,
fertilizers; tells how and when
to plant and gives a table of
planting'dates for Alaskan vege
tables in order .to allow for prop
er maturing. One page also gives
frost and weather data for differ
ent localities in Alaska.
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Gym Adds Extra Seats
Still more bleachers have been
constructed in Palmer Gym to
accommodate the ever-increasing
crowds at the PHS basketball'
j games. In use for the first time
; during Wednesday’s game with
Seward, was an entire new block
of bleachers built across the west
! end of the building.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
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REDUCED WINTER FARES AND LOW AUTO BAGGAGE RATES
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Juneau Seattle
Petersburg
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Wrangell Seattle
SS Denali, March 3
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MY COASTAL MONARCH, FEB. 17
T. J. MALONEY. Agent, Anchorage — Phone 32271
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PHS Acts As Host
To Seward Squad
Seward High School basketball
players have been guests of Palm
er students since last Tuesday.
The squad arrived here by train,
to be met by a welcoming dele
gation of student council repre
sentatives headed by Harvey Hio
er.
A special student party is plan
ned for the entertainment of the
visitors, following tonight’s bas
ketball game.
University Students to Study
Wildlife Conservation
Students of the University of
Alaska may now be trained in
wildlife management and conser
vation, it was announced recently
by Alaska’s Del. £. L. Bartlett.
Similar wildlife training classes
have been offered in 14 state-side
colleges since 1935.
There are successful business
men who t*?ke no exercise, physi
cal or mental.
A land ownership map of the
Valley is being drawn. Send
your name and a description of
land you own on a post card—
if you want your name on the
map. George Placlc, Wasilla.
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| FEB. 12 IS SCOUT SUNDAY
i Sunday, Feb. 12, will conclude
Scout Week and the 40th anni
versary celebration of the Boy
Scouts, Scoutleader Victor Alf
sen said today. On that day,
Scout Sunday, Palmer Boy Scouts
I will attend the morning service
of the United Protestant Church
in uniform, and will participate
in the church service.
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