Visiting extension
CHIEF LAUDS AG
RESEARCH PROGRAM
Fred C. Janz. Extension Service |
Field Agent for its Western Re
gion. was a Field Day guest Mon-1
day and spent the next two days
conferring with agricultural
workers in the Valley.
He is on a tour of inspection j
of Extension Service activities in
the Territory. He arrived here
from Fairbanks with Director
Lynn Hollist of the University of
Alaska Extension Service and ex
pected to go on to Homer, Juneau,
and Ketchikan.
"In my limited knowledge of
the problems of Alaskan agricul
ture.” he said Tuesday. “ I have
the highest regard for the caliber
of work being done in the Terri
tory.”
He was particularly impressed
with the handling of the prob
lems of distance and sparse popu
* lation by the Extension Service
workers.
He also liked the friendly and
close relationship between the
Extension Service and the Exper
iment Station. He though farmers
here were particularly fortunate
in having the results of the Ex
periment Station research made
available so early in the agricul
tural development of the coun
try.
^ "People are working here in
new agricultural efforts”, he said,
"and they aren’t having to wait
50 years for research as farmers
in other new regions had to. It’s
very unusual to have an experi
ment station working right along
with the farmers and often ahead
of them, anticipating new fields
in agriculture.
“Usually it’s a trial and error
business for the farmers”, he con
tinued. ‘Here housing, breeding,
and feeding results are carefully
developed by trained workers. It’s,
in the ‘bread and butter’ sort of
thing that the experiment station
really proves its worth. When a
farmer doesn’t have to worry
*- about “will it work’ the station is
doing its job.” j
As new problems spring up, it’s
the experiment station’s job to
find the answers, Janz explained.
Then it’s the Extension Service’s
job to get the information to those
who need it.
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Expt. Station Urges
Disinfection to Check
Ring Rot Spread
Now is the time to take action
against potato ring rot.
Dr. Donald Coe. Experiment
Station plant pathologist says.
“Clean storage cellars will save
many dollars in potato profits.”
He warns that sweeping and
shovelling out last year’s refuse
is not enough—the storage cel
lars must be disinfected as well.
Following are four good disin
fectants recommended by the
plant pathologist. The best one
is listed first. Potato farmers are
urged to choose one and get that
cellar cleaned up.
1.—Formaldehyde, 1 pint to 10
gallons of water sprayed on walls,
floors, and crates in closed room.
Keep the room closed for several
hours.
2—Formaldehyde, 3 pints and
Potassium permanganate, 23
ounces, per 1000 cubic feet of
space. Sprinkle floors and walls
with water. Leave crates in room
and sprinkle them well. Put per
manganate in crock or granite
pan and pour on formaldehyde.
Close doors for several hours. Use
separate generator pot for each
1000 cubic feet, arranging them
equidistantly through the room.
3.—Sodium hypochlorite solu
tion (Purex. Chlorox, etc): dilute
1 to 10 and spray floors, walls,
crates, and equipment. Leave
room closed for several hours.
4—Copper Sulfate—1 pound to ,
10 gallons of water. Spray walls, j
floors and crates. No gas is given
off; spray must contact every bit
of the cellar, crates and equip
ment. This material is corrosive
to metals.
A quick check on local supply '
houses reveals that some farmers
may have difficulty following the
recommended recipes for disin
fecting potato equipment and
storage. Formaldehyde and cop
per sulfate are in short supply in
Palmer. Sodium hypochlorite may
be obtained in several forms—
Purex or Chlorox from the gro
cer’s will do the trick. Even bet
ter is B-K powder stocked by the
Co-Op creamery and warehouse.
Further suggestions for prev
enting the spread of ring rot and
recommended by the Experiment |
; Station are the following: Soak
field bags in Formaldehyde or
sodium hypochlorite solution.
Wash machinery with one of the
! above solutions between each
! field and before starting harvest
! ing operations. DO NOT loan or
borrow equipment unless you are
willing to take a chance with ring
rot.
New employee at Palmer Drug
store this week is Miss Nancy
Frank who is employed at the
fountain.
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