OVER 100 VIEW AG EXPERIMENTAL WORK
IN FIELD DAY TOUR OF MATANUSKA STATION
Over 100 people atended the an
nual Field Day held at the Mat
aguska Experiment Station Mon
day under the supervision of the
Extension Service. Nearly 30 carfi
made up the long procession that
wound its way in and out of the
upper, middle, and lower bench
fields to view the experimental
projects in progress.
Among the interested observers
were many Valley housewives,
businessmen, and professional
men, scores of federal and Terri
torial Department of Agriculture
officials; a carload of servicemen
from Fort Richardson, prominent
labor officials from the Anchorage
area; and even a few of the Val
ley’s prominent farmers and
dairymen.
During the morning session
problems of breeding and feeding
dairy cattle were discussed by
William Sweetman, dairy hus
bandman of the Alaska Experi
ment Station. A project comparing
two treatments for fence posts
was described by Ivan Branton,
agricultural engineer. Spectators
saw the spruce, birch, poplar, and
cottonwood posts all ready for
treatment. Both the cold soak
method (with pentachlorophenol
in oil) and the pull up method
(with copperized chromated zinc
chloride) will be used in the posts
that make up the experimental
fence.
Harry Vimmer, who has been
. assisting in the agricultural en
gineering department this sum
mer, reported that native lumber
with a six-inch fill of sawdust and
vapor seal was the wall construc
tion requiring the least fuel to
maintain a 70 degree temperature
in zero weather. An accompany
ing graph showed the drop in
moisture content in sawdust used
in the native lumber experiment
buildings in Palmer. In two years
the moisture content had dropped
to well under 20 percent, the point
above which rotting might be a
factor.
Dr. Richard Washburn, Station
entomologist recommended com
mercial Chlordan and Aldrin for
all root* maggot and cutworm
problems in the Valley. One-half
to one pound of Aldrin or one
pound of chlordan was suggested
for root maggots and two pounds
per acre of Chlordan and one
pound per acre of Aldrin for cut
worms.
Weeds Now Big Problem
Growing encroachment of
weeds was cited as a grave danger
to forage and grain crops in the
Valley by Agronomist H. J. Hodg
son- He pointed out that all weeds
have been imported to the Valley
in the past 15 years, that introduc
tion has come from impure seed.
He pulled up shepherd’s purse,
lamb’s quarters, chickweed, wild
mustard, wild buckwheat, annual
sow thistle, and spurry from his
weed control plots where pre
emergence and post-emergence
spray treatments had been used.
Some sprays controlled some
weeds and some were effect foi
others. But the agronomist said
there is no one spray that wil.
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kill Ihem out. He warned particu
larly against letting chickweed
and spurry take hold in the fields.
“If they do your fields are doom
ed until you get rid of it. Wild
mustard is easy to control, but
if picked up with forage, it will
taint milk. Hodgson saw the key
to the weed control program in
the use of certified seed. “Know
what seed you’re planting” he
said, “Buy only certified seed and
insist on seeing the tag!”
. “A one-percent lamb’s quarters
content in seed oats means that
you’d be buying as many lamb’s
quarter seeds as oat seeds,” he
added.
Hodgson said that seven years’
attention to controlling weeds in
the Valley will materially de
crease their stand. “But it won’t
help if you keep planting the
weeds right back,” he added.
A new timothy variety within
two or three years was promised
by the agronomist as he pointed
out an especially healthy variety
in the timothy breeding nursery.
This outstanding variety came
from Norway. Scandinavian coun
tries, Hodgson said, are the Sta
tion’s best source of outstanding
forages and cereals.
New Spud Named Knik •
During the tour of horticultural
crops, Dr. Curtis Dearborn dis
closed the name chosen for the
Alaska Experiment Station’s
newly introduced potato variety,
known as 57.44. The new spud,
which is being increased by sever
al growers in the Valley, will be
known a$ Knik.
In the study of seeded versus
transplanted cabbage. Dr. Dear-'
born showed that the transplants
were 10 days ahead of the direct
seedings.' In the lettuce variety
trials, he found Cornell 456 and
Great Lakes varieties Premier
and 428 best adapted for family
use and contract sales in Alaska.
Among the broccoli transplant
trials, best growth was shown by
,'Valtham 29.
I Of particular interest to potato
(growers was the trial of several
\ varieties and numbered speci
mens to find a commercial variety
for harvest by August 20. Tubers
in this trial will be harvested
within a week.
Dr. Donald Coe’s experiments
in plant patholy were particular
ly interesting. One trial was test
ing the spread of potato mosaic.
Another showed cumulative ef
fects of a strange potato disease
called witches’ broom.
Effectivenes of Arasan as a
seed treatment was cited by Dr.
Coe in his description of trials
showing increases of 60 to 100
percent over check plots. With
Arasan selling at 10 cents an
ounce and only two ounces need
jed for a 100 pound sack of seed,
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Dr. Coe was enthusiastic about its
use.
The standard application of
nitrogen in bromegrass stands is
now 100 pounds to the acre, Dr.
Allan Mick, soil scientist, told
spectators viewing the plots mak
ing up the bromegrass nutrition
studies. Experiments are now be
ing made to determine whether
or not higher applications of nitro
gen, with applications of phos
phate and potash in proportion,
will increase production suffici
ently to make the added cost a
good investment. Applications of
nitrogen up to 320 pounds per
acre were being studied in these
high nitrogen plots. Along with
different rates of application the
effectiveness of single as against
split applications of fertilizer
were being studied. Present yields
indicate that there is little dif
ference between the one applica
tion and the split application, Dr.
Mick said. Dairymen wishing to
stimulate an early pasture, could
put the entire application on the
brome stand in early spring.
Planned pasture management
with both types of application
might distribute the growth a lit
tle better, but the yield would be
the same.
I Farmers’ Market Opens
Sunday in Wasilla
Opening day for the Wasilla
i Farmers’ Market has been set for
Sunday, August 10 at 11 a.m., it
was announced this week.
Sponsored by the Wasilla Gran
ge, the market will consist of
three boothg, located near the
railroad crossing on the Big Lake
road. Hand crafts, home-made
jellies, jams, bread, rolls, cakes,
pies and pickles will be offered
for sale along with Wasilla grown
vegetables and berries.
Among those who plan to sell
Sunday are the Carl Fritzlers,
Henry Jensens, Rex Kibbes, Har
old Dinkles, Henry Hansens and
the Glenn Barneses. The booths
will remain open as late as sales
permit.
The possibilities of the market
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