FARM DOINGS
IN THE VALLEY
By Lew E. Hanks
"CONSERVATION NOTES"
Your correspondent is changing
the style of his column, for the
better, he hopes. We hope to give
* you a series of notes on pertinent
phases of local farming practices.
- This week we made a tour of
the Valley with Dr. A. L. Hafen
richler of the Soil Conservation
Service Regional office at Port
land. Hafenrichier is one of the
top men of the west on grass
forage and seed production. He
said the seeding of grasses and
clovers or grain in alternate rows,
,with a grain drill, has given much
better than avei-age stands. This
eliminates seedling competition
which occurs when different type
seeds are sown mixed.
This alternate row type seed
ing is made by using a simple
dividing board in the grain drill
box. Plans for making' this di
viding board are available at the
Soil Conservation Service head
quarters.
The grass or clover seed is
mixed with bran, rice hulls, saw
dust, cracked barley or some such
material to increase its bulk for
proper seeding rate. The Soil Con
servation Service intends to have
♦ rice hulls available for some
demonstration s e e d i n g s next
spring.
We looked at some pastures on
our tour. Those of you who re
member Frank Linn's foxtail pas
ture below the hill ought to look
at it now. It’s surprising what
some fertilizer, mowing and fenc
ing will do.
Hafenrichier also says young,
immature grass carefully put up
for hay or silage can equal good
mill feed as a concentrate. By
careful handling a 10-16 percent
protein concentrate can be made.
Sounds to me like a good way
to save a lot of freight charges
on feed costs. A word to the wise,
you know.
JODY BURFORD IS
'BRAIN', GRADE TEST
RESULTS PROVE
WASILLA—Jody Burford again
has placed the name of a Wasilla
eighth grade student among the
top 10 per cent of the eighth
grade graduates in Alaska. She
received word last week, that on
the basis of the eighth grade ex
aminations given in the territory,
she ranks among the top tenth
of Alaska’s grade graduates.
It is the first time a Wasilla
student has attained that rating
since Flo Alice Dinkel graduated
from the eighth grade in 1945.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
Special Schedule
Saturday
Leave Anchorage ....8:30 a. m.
Arrive McKinley .5:40 p. m.
Sunday
Leave McKinley . 1:40 p.m.
Arrive Anchorage ....10:30 p.m.
Limited Palmer i
U. S. Geological
Quarters May Force
f ' rvcy to Anchorage
j Because ot inadequate office
and storage space available at
Palmer, and because of the possi
bility of occupying government
office quarters in Anchorage, Pal
mer may lose the offices of the
U. S. Geological Survey, now lo
cated in the Valley.
That announcement was made
today by E. N. Hales, new man
agement officer for the U. S.
Geological Survey in Alaska. Mr.
Hales is newly-assigned to the
Survey, newly-come to the terri
tory, and a very new arrival in
Palmer.
Mr. Hales explained that his
job is to act as a sort of business
manager for the Geological Sur
vey. He takes care of the little
problems of office and storage
space, equipment, supply and
purchasing work.
The management officer will
establish his headquarters at the
Juneau office of the Geological
Survey.
Mr. Hales pointed out that not
only is space in government quar- s
ters possible in Anchorage, but *
land is available there to gov- '
ernment agencies, without cost, r
should the Survey decide to build c
quarters. €
He added that he would regret -
the necessity for a transfer to An
chorage, but he felt the action
would bring improved service to
Alaska as a whole. It is possible,
he said, that any change contem
plated will not take place for
some little time yet.
New Mamas, Babies, Go Home
Mrs. Leon Holbrook and her in
fant twins, Lance and Lana, were
dismissed from Valley Hospital
yesterday. Mrs. Earl Onkka and
her new son also went home yes
terday.
Hospitalized for Treatment
Diane Brim, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wade Brim of Palmer,
entered Valley Hospital for med
ical treatment this week.
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For Information Call Valley 14-Y-2
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bosons Plan to Found
tfasonic Lodge Here
A meeting of former Masons,
nterested in establishing a Ma
onic Lodge in the Valley, was
leld at Carpenters’ Hall last
yeek, Lew Hanks said today.
7here were 12 men present to
iiscuss the matter, and all were
nthusiasticallv in favor of found
ing a Lodge here, he said.
A second meeting has been
called for Friday, July 21. at Car
penter’s Hall. All men interested
in the project are asked to be
present at eight o’clock.
Last Thursday’s docking of the
Aleutian brought 95 passengers
into Valdez. The group disem
barked here to begin a bus tour
into the Interior.
YOU Need a House! WE Need the Cash!
Here's Your Opportunity—Come Look 'er Over!
. (Priced Right for Immediate Sale)
7-Room Log House
2,500 Bucks, Cash
(Purchaser must move from present location)
PAUL F. MARTIN
3 Miles South of Palmer
es, you can bake a cake
IN the MONARCH
fck "Deep-Heet'
■mu. Cooker..
because it has
^HEAT
Most electric cookers
have bottom heat only.
The cooker in the
Monarch Electric
range has Side Heat.
It's virtually a surface
oven! Yes, you can
even bake a meal-size
angel food cake. Stand*
ard equipment in this
deluxe Monarch Elec*
trie range. Come in
and see it.
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Palmer, Alaska