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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By LEW HANKS
Soil Conservation Service
A couple of weeks ago I men
tioned the two new varieties of
£rain the Experiment Station is
releasing next spring, Golden Rain
oats and Edda barley. It is early j
maturing, high yielding, resistant
to lodging and, incidentally, is
about as stiff and rough bearded
as they come. So what? You get
barley beards up your pants leg,
down your shoes, in your shirt
and down your throat, but you
also get more barley. Watch for
it. Edda will probably be released
under a cooperative seed produc
ers’ set up so the strain will be
kept pure and farmers in future
years guaranteed a certified seed
supply. I’ll give you more about
the method of seed release in j
later weeks.
Several have talked to me late- i
lv on th possibility of raising
grass and legume seed in Alaska. |
Manchar strain smooth brome j
grass, Siberian red clover and |
Siberian alfalfa have been men-1
tioned as possibilities. The Soil1
Conservation Service will release
to the Alaska Soil Conservation'
District enough seed to plant sev-;
tjfal acres of Manchar brome for
seed production next spring. Six
teen pounds of Siberian alfalfa |
were harvested by I. M. Sandvik:
this year from a small plot. Ke ,
has increased this seed source
from a handful of seed given him
bv Don Irwin several years ago.
The Soil Conservation Service
has secured part of this seed,
which will also be used for seed
supply plantings. Siberian red
clover is being increased by the
Experiment Station so Alaska
farmers may be in the grass and
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VALLEY
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FRI.-SAT., NOV. 10-11
Nights 7:15-9:00. Sat. Mat. 2:00
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SUN.-MON„ NOV. 12-13
Nights 7:15-9:00. Sun. Mat. 2:00
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Explorers, Important
Club for Young Men,
Is Organized Here
Last week marked the forma
tion of a very important club for
young men of the Valley with the
organization here Oct. 30, of the
Explorers. With five members at
the charter meeting, officers were
elected and plans made for a sec
ond meeting on Nov. 2 when oth
er young men of the community
would be taken into the club also
as charter members.
Attending the first meeting on
Monday were Bill Wade, Chuck
Milles, Bob Harris, Vernon Frid
ley and Dick Geiwitz. The forma
tion of the club here was spon
sored by the Palmer Kiwanis
Club. Bob Burkholder of the
Fish and Wildlife Service is ad
visor for the group.
The Explorers’ club is advanced
Scouting, the new members ex
plained. Explorer activities that |
differ from the Scout Troop pro
gram include broader interests of I
the young fellow approaching!
manhood. Four phases of activ- '
ities are particularly stressed
which include social, outdoor, vo
cation and service.
First on the list of activities
are the social gatherings with
young ladies invited as guests.
These gatherings are mostly in
formal.
Second, are outdoor activities,
legume seed producing business
sooner than we had hoped.
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which amount to high adventures*
with cruises, expeditions, en
campments and the like.
Third, are vocational explora
tions (not technical guidance) to
direct attention toward life work.
Fourth, is service that will give
the young men a feeling of be
longing to the community.
At the first meeting Explorer
officers elected were Bob Harris,
named as senior crew leader; Bill
Wade, assistant crew leader; Ver
non Fridley, secretary-treasurer.
Meetings will be held once each
week with dues payable weekly
of 10 cents per member. There is
also a registration fee of 50 cents.
The Explorers became active
immediately upon organization
with a skating party at Finger
Lake planned for last week-end.
Young ladies were invited by the
members to accompany them on
the skating party.
In the states there are 444,000
Explorers. This figure has in
creased from 78,000. which was
the Explorers membership in
August of 1949.
VISITOR LEAVES FOR
HER HOME THIS WEEK
WASILLA—Mrs. Fred Hoefel.
who has been on a visit here with
her sister, Mrs. Charles Cadwal
lader, has returned to her home.
She left Wasilla this week.
If you are a self-made man. the
question is—how good a job did
you do?
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In spurring the Palmer basket
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captivatingly costumed, accord
j ing to a “flash” announcement at
the school this week. The cos
tumes for the young ladies who
will lead in the cheering will be
something new here. Miss Nettie
. Smith, teacher at the school, is
assisting in designing and select
ing the material for the costumes.
Now working out routines and
yells for the opening game of the
COUNCIL MEETS DEC. 4
The regular meeting of the
Homemakers’ Council will be held
December 4. The all-day session
will start at 10:30 a.m. in the
craft room. The Council is com
prised of officers of the Home
makers’ Clubs of the area and
past presidents of the Homemak
ers’ Council.
season are Laverna Stater, Joyce
Hardage, Bonnie Larsh, Grace
McGiboney and Gerry Kindgren.
The five were elected as the
school’s cheer leaders by the stu
dent body at general assembly
November 3.
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