Annual Farm and Home Institute
Here Concluded with Wasilld Meet
The annual Farm and Home In
stitute held here Tuesday, Wed-*
nesday and Thursday of this
week and continued at Wasilla
today offered a well-rounded pro
gram on farm and home activi
ties important to Valley residents.
Approximately 50 were in at
tendance on each of the three
days that the Institute was in
progress here at the Northland
Pioneer Grange hall. The pro
gram was planned as cooperative
extension work in agriculture and
Home Economics Extension Serv
ice by the University of Alaska
and the United States Department
of Agriculture.
Lynn O. Hollist, director of the
Extension Service and Mrs. Lydia
Fohn-Hansen, head of the Home
Economics Extension Service,
both gave addresses at the meet
ing. Appropriate movies were
also shown on the program which
included reviews and reports on
horticulture, soil conservation
service, certified seed and affili
ated subjects.
Wednesday afternoon was de
voted to special sessions with the
men discussing recent develop
ment of cereal varieties at the
grange hall and the women learn
ing rug making at the extension
craft room.
Pot luck lunches were served
daily with members of Valley
Homemakers Clubs acting as
hostesses. On Tuesday the Sour
dough and Evening Craft Clubs
served with the 12:30 Club clean
ing up. On Wednesday the clubs
serving were Chugiak and River
bend with the Cheechako Club
cleaning up. Glacier View and
Palmasilla Clubs served on Thurs
day with the Butte Club cleaning j
up. At Wasilla today, the Knik j
and Cottonwood Clubs were;
scheduled to serve with the Wa- j
silla Club to clean up. Miss Mary
lau Lashbrook, home demonstra-;
tion agent here, said that the Ex
tension Service wished to extend j
its appreciation for the assistance
given by the Homemakers Clubs.
RETURN TO FAIRBANKS
Special guests here to attend ;
the Farm and Home Institute held ,
in Palmer this week include Lynn
O. Hollist, director of the Uni- ■
versity of Alaska agricultural ex- !
tension service; Mrs. Lydia Fohn- {
Hansen, head of the Home Eco
nomics Extension Service, both
of Fairbanks, and Miss Mary
Robinson, housing specialist of j
the Extension Service, of Peters- j
burg, are scheduled to leave here
this evening for Fairbanks. The [
threesome will set out for the i
northern city by car following the
Farm and Home Institute meeting |
to be held at Wasilla today. Miss j
Robinson is to conduct workshops 1
at Fairbanks and other points be-!
fore returning to Petersburg!
where she is stationed. Furniture I
and lamp shade workshops held ;
in the Valley by the housing spe-!
cialist during the past few weeks |
w»re reported to be very success- :
ful.
CARD OF THANKS
As representative for the Mata
nuska hotel players, I wish to J
thank the Palmer people for their ;
fine cooperation we have been'
given. For Valley people who i
went with us to Corodova, the j
hotel basketball team hopes you ’
join us in pur belief that Cordova ■
is a mighty fine town.
Dale Roetman j
{Pure Seed Directors,
Advisory Committee ,
To Meet Here Tonight
A meeting of the directors of
the Alaska Certified Seed Grow
ers Association with the territo
rial advisory committee will be
held tonight to determine alloca
tion of the 1951 pure seed here,
Parker Lester, territorial agricul
tural agent announced this week.
The meeting will convene at 8
p.m. at the Extension office, Mr.
Lester said.
Questionnaires pertaining to
the pure seed program were
scheduled to be returned to the
Extension office by Valley farm
ers not later than March 5. In
formation taken from these ques
tionnaires will determine who
will obtain the seed for the 1951
plantings, the agricultural agent
explained.
Alaskan Industry
Joins Agriculture
In Potato Experiment
Alaskan industry aiding Valley
agriculture in determining the
best variety of potato grown here
was the basis of an interesting
experiment conducted at the Ag
ricultural Research. Administra
tion laboratories last week. The
Anchorage Potato Chip Company
sent approximately 50 samples to
the ARA of their product that
had been especially prepared in
small batches from four varieties
of potatoes grown here in the
Valley.
The project was Dr. Allan
Mick’s experiment which was in
conjunction with work that Dr.
Mick has done in determining the
influence of fertilizers on the po
tato crops here. The experiment
was originally designed to see
what improvement has been ob
tained on potatoes . that were
grown here last year, A similar
experiment was conducted last
year with several varieties used
to determine the best variety of
potatoes grown here. Dr. Mick
is soil scientist for the ARA.
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