Thirty Tons of Game
Processed by Cold
Storage This Fall
Last week Harry Ryan and
Walt Cooper finished cutting up
and wrapping the last of the
moose, caribou and sheep brought
into the Palmer Cold Storage
during the V ig game hunting sea
son which began with the sheep
hunt August 20. After the many
weary hours of work that in
cluded 8-hour night shifts for
more than a week, they added up
the total “take”—60,000 pounds
of game meat for Valley tables
this winter.
That’s 30 tons—almost enough
for 20 pounds per Valley human,
according to the last census fig
ures. Moose meat accounts for 25
tons of the total, with caribou,
sheep and goat taking up the
slack in that order.
About 100 Moose
Ryan had no record of the ac
tual number of game animals
brought to the Palmer Cold Stor
age last month, but the carcasses
filled to capacity two huge cooler
roonts as they were strung up on
iron hooks. Figuring 500 pounds
to an average dressed moose, Ry
an opined that at least 100 moose
had been brought in by Valley
hunters during the 20-day season.
The new kitchen in the Palmer
Cold Storage this year, complete
with the best butchering equip-1
ment, was responsible for the
speedy processing of this year’s
game take. Last year, Ryan said,
they were working up to the
month of December trying to get
the big load taken care of. More
meat was handled this year, too.
Last year hunters brought in
about 28 tons of dressed big game.
The new elevator connecting the
basement cold rooms with the
first floor kitchen and the over
head trolleys, on which the big,
heavy carasses can be pushed
with a gentle poke of the fist,
have removed a lot of the arduous
work in handling game tonnage.
-v. Buffalo Steaks
The big load is off the Palmer
Cold Storage backs, but game ani
mals are still coming in. Last
Saturday Dick Benson brought
in a half of a buffalo. He had gone
on the hunt with a lucky Anchor
age man whose name had been
drawn for the permit hunt. Other
hunters are still straggling in
with mountain goats.
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By LEW E. HANKS
We’ve had our finst winter
snowfall and frosts now. The time
is getting short. Everyone is in
a hurry to get the last of those
crops in before freeze up or heavy
snow. Even though you’re in a
hurry, there are a few things you
can do to protect against those
winter winds we are sure to get.
We’ll get them, too. We always
do.
The first thing is something
not to do. Don’t fall plow. Leave
what cover there is on top for
protection. The next thing is to
leave a long stubble on those ex
posed hill tops. Of course, if you
had a good snow on your oat and
pea hay you’ll leave a pretty long
stubble anyway. A snow can real
ly lay a grain-hay crop flat.
You will soon be out planning
next year’s land clearing pro
gram. Plan your clearing with
the winter wind direction in
mind. Don’t wori'y whether those
windbreaks and stump rows are
to run east and west or north and
south. Plan them to run crosswise
to the worst winds. Square off
your fields in that direction rath
er than with the farm Doundaries.
Take advantage of the natural
topography of the farm. Leave
Joint Installation Hold
By Legion and Auxiliary
Preceded by « pot-luck dinner
October 4. the Palmer Post Am
erican Legion and Auxiliary held
a joint installation of officers at
Carpenter's Hall.
Carl Rasmussen, past - com
mander. installed new officers of
the Legion, with Stanley Laird as
commander; Richard Demming,
first vice-commander; Marvin
Slaughter, second vice-command
er; John Weisenberger, adjutant;
Bernard Niemann, finance offic
er; Eugene Kirsch, chaplain and
Chester Eggleston, sergeant-at
arms. Historian, Elmer LeDuc,
will be installed at a later date.
Mrs. Edith Davis, department
president, and Mrs. Urlo Camp
those hilltops and ridges in trees.
That winter wind can remove a
lot of humus as well as topsoil.
From experiments made in the
Great Plains, farmers found that
soil drifts contained as much as
25 percent humus. The soil that
these drifts came from originally
contained 2 percent humus. After
the winds these topsoils contained
a lot less than that. Our soils are
short of humus at best. There’s
no need to let the wind sort out
the humus and fertility in your
soil and then blow this light, or
ganic material into the Knik Arm.
The fish don’t need it, but we do.
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Mrs. Florence Dunlap, president;
Mrs. Eva Plumley, first vice
president; Mrs. Minnie Clark, sec
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Mrs. Izola Sims, corresponding
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and installed at a later date.
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