CONSERVATION
NOTES
By LEW HANKS
I had a talk with Mr. Onkka
o? the Alaska Road Commission
the other day. He stated that the
Road Commission had good re
sults from listing or ridging snow
to prevent blowing. Last winter
they ridged snow in several fields.
Two places I know about^were on
Bugge’s hill and the open field
north of the Fair Grounds. The
snow lay in place on those fields
until the wind evaporated it.
Maybe we won’t get that much
wind this winter. It could also be
that the snow that lies on the
fields will be all the moisture we
get to start crops.
The conservation bouquet of
the week goes to Leonard Mof
fitt. He used a cultipacker to roll
down the snow on a potato field
that is subject to blowing. He
did a fine job. I want to con
gratulate him on being the first
farmer in the Valley I have ob
served putting this practice into
effect. We have hopes that the
ridging and packing effect of
rolling this field will do a lot to
ward maintaining the snow
cover.
Clarence Hoffman has used an
A frame to ridge up the snow.
We will have a good comparison
on the two systems next spring.
When planning those wind
breaks to prevent snow and soil
from blowing, how about starting
that first windbreak about 100
feet back from the road. Take
out the fence along the road and
the Road Commission will take
out the brush. Then nothing
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Cliff Nelsons Spend
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Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Nelson,
whose marriage took place at An
chorage last Saturday, spent their
honeymoon at Palmer this week.
The bride is the former Miss
Louise Prudhon, who arrived at
Anchorage for her wedding from
Minneapolis, Minn., December 1.
The bridegroom is well known
and has many friends in Palmer
as he has made his home in this
area since 1935. He was formerly
with Alaska Road Commission
at Palmer and for the past sev
eral years has been a partner in
Lucky’s, Inc., a grocery business
at Anchorage.
The couple recited their vows
in a ceremony at the First Pres
byterian church with the Rev.
Frank Walkup officiating. Im
would make the Road Commis
sion more happy than to have
you farm right up to the road
ditch. They spent $30,000 main
taining roads last winter.
Mr. Onkka says that if the
right-of-way lines could be kept
clear of brush they could cut
their snow plowing costs in half.
That’s a lot of tax dollars that
could be saved for better pur
poses. Temporary electric fences
could be used next to the road
when those fields are used for
pasture. That’s a good way to
get the use of some extra farm
land, as well as help keep your
roads open. Think it over.
mediately following the cere
mony they were honored at a re
ception held in the banquet room
of the Aleutian Gardens. They
will make their home at Anchor
age.
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from the experiment station at
j Fairbanks, plans to leave Palmer
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j Christmas with his mother, Mrs.
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j Mr. Kallio is to leave from An
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Alaska highway. He plans to re
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