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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By LEW E. HANKS
You know, I’ve been beating
my brains, at least those that I
have, for the last year or two try
ing to think up something to
write—something that might be
read by a few farmers, something
that might help us in preserving
our greatest natural resource
from destruction.
Perhaps it might not be a bad
idea to tell you about the soil
conservation organization. You
may be interested in knowing
who my bosses are. I work on the
Palmer and Wasilla soil conserva
tion sub-districts. I work with and
for the supervisors of these sub
districts. These supervisors are
farmers, elected by the people of
their sub-districts. Henry Jensen
is chairman of the Palmer district
board, with Clarence Hoffman,
Clair Patton, Bob Webb and Leo
nard Kyger as members.
Mel Bjorn of Knik is chairman
^ of the Wasilla district, with Jay
L. Levan, Harold Dinkle, Martin
Olson and Earl Combs as the oth
er members. These farmers plan
the conservation program for
their respective districts. The soil
conservation service can only
work in areas by invitation and
at the pleasure of these boards of
supervisors. Thus the conserva
tion program is made right at the
place and by the people who will
use it.
icf You might wonder what our
conservation program is. You
don’t see a lot of big dams or con
tour strip cropping in the Valley.
Our conservation program is one
of simple things. Things like
leaving windbreaks and not fall
plowing protect our soil here.
Crop rotations, grass pasture
seeding and good pasture man
agement are part of the program.
The use of fertilizers, and prop
erly clearing good land are also
conservation. Wind strip cropping
and the use of winter cover crops
following green manure have
their place.
These are all simple ordinary
farmer practices but they protect
more soil than all the spectacular
dams and engineering works in
the world. These are the conser
vation practices that have pro
tected the top soils of Europe for
hundreds of years. They can do
it here also.
FARM MANAGER
EXPECTED BY BROOKS
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schoenheit
and two children are expected to
arrive in Palmer, October 5.
Coming to the Valley from Sagi
naw, Michigan, Mr. Schoenheit,
brother of Mrs Alba Brooks, will
manage the A1 Brooks chicken
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New President of
Legion Auxiliary
Mrs. Florence Dunlap was
elected president of the Palmer
post of the American Legion aux
iliary at the meeting held Sep
tember 20. She succeeds Mrs. Ann
Demming, past president, who
was recently appointed depart
ment publicity chairman by Mrs.
Edith Davis, department presi
dent.
The following members were
also elected for the new term:
Mrs. Eva Plumley, first vice-pres
ident; Mrs. Minnie Clark, second
vice-president; Mrs. Irene Vasan
oja, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Izo
la Sims, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Pat Weisenberger, historian;
Mrs. Margaret Miller, Chaplain,
and Mrs. Lou Rasmussen, ser
geant-at-arms.
Plans were made for a pot
luck dinner to be held at Car
penters’ hall, October 4, at 6:30
p.m. Following the dinner, a joint
installation of officers of the Le
gion and auxiliary will be held.
All members are urged to attend
the dinner and installation.
farm and the production of “Cac
klebirds”, a product of the farm.
The Schoenheits will make
their home at the Brooks’ farm.
NEW FEED STORE
PLANS SPECIALTIES
Palmer’s new feed store,
Brooks Feed & Supply, has sev
eral new services to offer patrons
of the Valley when they open for
business.
First to use live animal demon
strations, the store will raise a
flock of baby chicks and a calf in
the store, where purchasers of
feed and grain may watch animal
development and costs on daily
charts to be kept by the manage
ment.
Record forms for the conveni
ence of customers will be avail
able. They will include stock and
feed requirements, making ad
vance ordering possible.
Art Fox will assist Mr. Brooks
in the store as well as on the
Brooks’ chicken farm.
Exact opening date is pending
the readying of the store building.
A large shipment of feeds and
grains is expected this week, Mr.
Brooks said.
ALTAR SOCIETY
PREPARES FOR BAZAAR
Ladies of the Altar and Rosary
Society have been busy this week
marking items for the annual St.
Michael’s bazaar which will oe
held this year on October 13.
They report that many lovely
gift items have been received
among the objects that will go on
sale.
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September 29th is the last day to register for
the school bond election, October 2nd.
GUESTS FROM CLEVELAND
Mrs. William D. Sweetman re
turned home Tuesday night, after
an 11-day siege in the hospital,
just in time to greet her sister
and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Meehan, who arrived by
stratocruiser Wednesday noon
from their home in Cleveland,
Ohio.
This will be the Meehan’s first
trip to Alaska, a trip they’ve been
planning since the Sweetmans
first arrived here more than three
years ago.
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TO MAKE HOME IN PALMER
Albert R. Soliss, in charge of
Eklutna project survey work, is
leaving Palmer this week for
Sacramento, California. He plans
to return to Palmer in about a
month, bringing Mrs. Soliss and
their two dogs.
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