VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Matanuska Dairy Folk to Have Big
Pow Wow at Bauer Home on Tuesday
By HERMAN TURNER
Chairman Program Commiilee
The March meeting of the
Matanuska Valley Breeders’ As
sociation will take place next
Tuesday evening, March 6, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Bauer. The business session
should get under way at 8 o’clock
and this will be followed by a
discussion of “field choppers and
their use in silo filling.” William
„ Sweetman, dairy husbandryman
at the Matanuska Experiment
Station, will lead the discussion.
The “poor dairyman” not only
has his daily grind of chores to
do, but he must be forever think
ing ahead on how he is going to
keep his hungry charges filled
up and contented.
It has been proven in the minds
of most valley dairymen that sil
age is his best bet in providing
the much needed roughage that
a cow daily consumes. Experi
ence tells us that silage can very
efficiently provide all of the cow’s
roughage needs.
Now the problem is, what is
the best method of harvesting the
silage crop and getting it stored
away for winter’s use? Just how
good grasses are for silage will
be touched on at the April meet
V
ing, but just now- we are con
cerned over methods of harvest
ing, because if any of the farmers
are interested in getting new ma
chinery for the job, that will have
to be attended to very soon. We
all know how long it takes to get
things from down below.
The field chopper looms up on
the farmer’s horizon like the
morning sun, and may prove just
as valuable as a labor saver, as
the sun is in producing the crops
to harvest.
It’s comparatively a new ma
chine, and many of us take slow
ly to new things. But we are
living in a dynamic world and
things just must roll along. Some
of us grew up in the “horse and
buggy” days. I well remember
our old buggy horse, “Duke.”
When I had been to town of an
evening, going home I would
wrap the lines around the whip
stock and settle back in the seat
for a little nap, knowing that
Duke would bring me home just
as well as if I had the lines in my
hand. When he turned out for a
passing vehicle, I could know, if
I were partly awake, whether it
was another rig or an automobile
If it were an auto he would get
closer to the ditch, as he took no
chances with those newfangled.
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IN APPRECIATION
To all my friends who so kindly
contributed remembrances of
cards, flowers, gifts and visits
while I was in the hospital; also
to the special ones who gave me
a happy birthday while there.
MRS. OSCAR E. JOHNSON.
Wasilla
snorting, thing-a-majigs. I would
wake up when he stopped in front
of the buggy shed. Those were
the “good old days” but I would
not go back to them. Neither
would I like to go back to pitch
ing silage bundles. Come to our
meeting and let us know* what
you think. Bring the missus, re
member, the wife is the dairy
man’s best friend. There will be
lunch and a social hour after the
discussion.
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