CONSERVATION
NOTES
I was in Homer last week. Cliff
Marcus and I attended the month
ly meeting of the Homer Soil
Conservation Sub-district and
also assisted in arranging for the
election of Supervisors for the
Kenai Soil Conservation Sub-dis
trict.
Farming on the Kenai Penin
sula is just developing, but farm
ers are enthusiastic. The Kenai
is going to furnish some serious
competition to the Matanuska
Valley in a few years.
Speaking of competition for
markets, we’re running a poor
second compared to Outside prod
ucts. How come? Before coming
to Alaska people said to me, “Sure
they raise potatoes and strawber
ries and cabbage in Alaska, but
they are watery and have poor
food value.”
People have told me the same
thing in Palmer. I think it’s a
lot of baloney. For the past sev
eral months I checked all the re
search data I could get. Alaska
farm products run as high as any
comparable Outside products in
food value, minerals or vitamins;
in some instances much higher,
according to this data. Alaska
grains show consistently higher
feeding value than Outside grains
of comparable test.
Finally I went to the final au
thority—my own taster. I still
like Alaska farm products best
and my kids are doing swell on
them, too. I came from Idaho
where they raise no better spuds.
I haven’t bought any but Alaska
spuds since the second week I
was here. They’re just as good.
Incidentally, the local potatoes I
eat are the best that can be pur
chased. They’re properly grown,
harvested and stored, and I like
’em.
In case you don’t know, this is
a farming country. We need take
■off our hats to nobody in the
quality of our produce. Farming
is basic to the economy of our
community. After the tumult and
the shouting die, after our wars
and the army and their support
ing industries are gone, farmers
will still till the soil in the gar
den spot of Alaska. They will
continue to furnish the basis for
an abundant life in our Valley.
Good conservation farming is a
way of life that can last forever.
Think it over!
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BROWN'S SHOP
Annual Farm and Home Institute to
Offer Full Three Days of Activities
A full round of activities for
the three days in which the an
nual Farm and Home Institute
will be in progress next week
wras announced this week by
Parker Lester, district agricul
tural agent, and Miss Marylou
Lashbrook, home demonstration
agent. The program has been
planned as cooperative extension
work in agriculture and Home
Economics Extension Service by
the University of Alaska and the
United States Department of Ag
riculture. Among distinguished
guests to be in attendance are
Lynn O. Hollist, director of Ex
tension Service, University of
Alaska; Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hanson,
of the Home Economics Exten
sion Service, both of Fairbanks,
and I. M. C. Anderson, head of
Farmers Home Administration,
with offices at Anchorage.
The Institute, to be held at
Northland Pioneer Grange hall
on March 6, 7 and 8, will start
promptly next Tuesday morning
at 10 o’clock with an appropriate
movie. Mr. Hollist will give the
opening address and Mrs. Fohn
Hanson and Mr. Anderson will
also speak on the morning pro
gram. Following luncheon, a
movie will again be shown. A re
view of recent development in
the field of horticulture by rep
resentatives of the Experiment
Station will also be given.
On Wednesday, at 9:45 a.m., a
movie will be followed by a re
port from Mrs. Fohn-Hanson on
the national White House confer
ence which she attended last fall.
The remainder of the morning
will be given over to reviews and
reports by the soil conservation
service, the certified seed pro
gram and insect control.
I Wednesday afternoon will be a
j split session with the men to
j gather at the grange and the
| women at the extension craft1
room. The men folk will discuss
recent development of cereal va
rieties, disease control and cer
tification, artificial curing of1
j crops and harvesting, home j
i grown rations and feed crops for
Alaska. At the women’s meeting
the highlight of the afternoon
will be rug making. The ladies
planning to attend the meeting
are requested to bring “an old
tooth brush, a rasp and a pocket
knife which will be used to fash
ion proper implements for rug
making.” Anyone wishing to
start a rug is also requested to I
bring rags with them.
On Thursday, the last day of
the meeting in Palmer, the morn
ing session will start with a movie
which is to be followed by a re
view of current and future plans
in the field of research. Miss
Mary Robinson, housing special
ist, will show slides and explain
the newest ideas in kitchen ar
rangements. Mr. Branton will
give some recent developments in
the field of housing.
After luncheon, a movie en
titled “Tomorrow’s Leaders” will
provide an excellent opportunity
to observe National 4-H Week.
Mrs. Fohn-Hanson will also dis
cuss appropriate topics. James
Hurley, Carl Rasmussen and Di
rector Hollist will conclude the
afternoon as speakers on timely
subjects.
Highlights of the three - day
Palmer meeting will be presented
to the Wasilla community on Fri
day, March 9, according to the
announcement. Definite arrange
ments will be announced later.
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Wednesday. Saturday
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WASILLA
PERSONALS
Mrs. Martin Olson and daugh
ter,- Edianne, returned to their
home in Wasilla this week from
Washington where Edianne re
ceived medical treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Carter and
family had a pleasant surprise
last week when Mrs. Carter’s
brother, Pat Martin, drove up to
see them. Mr. Martin recently
came from Montana and is now
employed in Valdez.
Mrs. Gene Coghlan was the
guest of honor at a stork shower
on Saturday evening at the Wa
silla Church of Christ. Many
friends enjoyed an evening of
games and the honored guest re
ceived many lovely gifts.
The results of the Wasilla games
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in the Fur Rendezvous “B” Too,
nament last week are: Wasill
33, Nome 48; Wasilla 55, Valdl
18; Wasilla 40, Cordova 24; Wasil
la 42, Kodiak City 44.
Wasilla played a consolation
game with Cordova but lost with
a distressing score of Cordova 21,
Wasilla 28.
A member of the basketball
team, Rodney Cottle, was voted
the captain of all the “B” league
and was awarded a separate bas
ketball pin.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Poison
reported a very nice drive on the
Alaska Highway while on their
honeymoon. They drove to Val
dez and while there were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nas
land. Then they drove up to Cop
per Center where they took maj\y
pictures of th# area. Mrs. Poison
has now returned to work at the
Wasilla Roadhouse.
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EFFECTIVE
March 15
The Following Prices Will Prevail in All
Palmer Barber Shops:
Haircuts. . $2.00 Age 16 and under. . $1.50
Shave .$1.50
Valley Barber Shop Johnson's Barber Shop ^
Co-Op Barber Shop
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PRE-SPRING TUNE-UP TIME
Richmond
Tires
Exide '
Batteries
Time to drive in for that pre-spring motor check-up. We’ll
adjust ignition timing, clean and adjust carburetor, service
battery, flush and refill crankcase, flush radiator and adjust
fan belt. . . . Drive up for service today!!
Tosf's Service Station.