NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE
By RICHARD BLUE
Field Day at Experiment Station
Once each year during the late j
summer the farmers of the Val- j
ley are invited to visit the Experi- !
mental Station farm. Featured on
the day’s program are exhibits,
tours of the fields and other dis
plays. At noon a pot-luck picnic i
will be served near the Station
office. Director Irwin announced
that field day will be held on
Monday the 13th of August and
he hopes to see a large turn out
from the valley.
A fev. of the interesting things j
to see will be the chemical weed- j
ing tests in potatoes, forages and i
grains. The station scientists are j
favorably impressed with some
of the experiments involving
chemical weeding. Mr. Branton
has some practical suggestions to
offer concerning wall construction j
of buildings using native mater
ials and insulation. Dairymen
will get a chance to see what hap- (
pens to brome grass under various
fertilizer applications and to see j
some of the bulls and cross bred
heifers of the Red Dane breed, j
The vegetable gardeners will see
variety tests in lettuce and cab- •
bage as well as other experiments.
Details of the days program will -
appear in the near future.
Field Inspections in Valley =
Irving W. Abbot, secretary, r
Alaska Certified Seed Growers e
Association arrived in Palmer re- t
cently. Mr. Abbot accompanied c
by Drs. Coe and Litzenberger and
members of the Extension Service
will be inspecting grains and po
tatoes of Association members to
rheck for disease in the growing
plants. Mr. Abbot states that the
~rop standards will be available
for distribution in the near future
Mr. Abbot may be contacted at
the Extension Service office.
4-H At King's Lake
Sixty eager, active youngsters
from all over the Teritory de
scended on King’s Lake camp for
heii annual camping. So far the
weatherman has been very co- i
jperative so the swimming and
coating activities are quite pop- j
jlar, A full program designed 10
'urnish craft skills and recreation
teeps the kids on the go from
morning to night. They should
Irop into exhausted slumber at
light, but do they? Ask Miss
Lashbrook. Betty Blunk. Tom
Murton. John Wood. Pete Galley,
Mrs. Davies or myself.
New Geophysical Lab
Accepted by U. S.
Government Inspection was
;ompleted last week on the Geo
ahsical Institute Labroratory
Building, a million dolar structure
ocated on the University of Alas
ka campus at College, Alaska. 5
niles from Fairbanks.
It is the headquarters for arctic
[eophysical research on radio
•ropagation vs. magnetic storms
nd aurora, aurora and night sky
pectroscopy, probing the air 40
liles up by a searchlight beam
nd sound waves and ozone con
ent of the air. The Institute is
ontemplating work on perma
Volunteers Needed
To Transport Crippled
Children To Bus Depot
The Matanuska Valley Health
Council appealed this week for
volunteers to transport Valley
crippled children to and from the
Palmer Bus Depot when ortho- :
pedtc clinics are scheduled on
Wednesdays.
Miss Marjorie Myron. Valley
public health nurse reported that
children sometimes miss needed
treatments at the Anchorage cli
nic because there is no means of
transporting them from their
homes to the local bus depot. The
children are met at the bus sta
tion in Anchorage by volunteers
of the Crippled Children’s Assn.,
and are returned to the bus after
they have attended the clinic.
Anyone interested in volunteer
ing for this service should con
tact Mrs. Jennie Perkins at the
A.R.R.C. office for more informa
tion.
RETURN CARDS
FOR GAME DINNER
Committee members of the
Matanuska Sportsmen game din
ner to be held in October have
asked all members to be sure ana
get game dinner cards back be
fore the special board meeting
to be held July 30.
Final plans will be made during
the meeting and committees
formed.
frost and ice fog, including micro
meteorology.
Mr. Walter H. Pierce, assistant
professor of Civil Engineering
has been resident inspector for
the University.
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THE AMERICAN WAY
Valley Frontiersman Classifieds Get Results
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Goodrich Bicycle
(New complete deluxe model - horn, light, carrier, and accessories)
Made by Schimm
WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BOY OR GIRL SELLING THE GREATEST NUMBER OF
YEARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN.
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ALL HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS LIVING IN THE MATANUSKA VALLEY ARE
ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE EXCEPTING FRONTIERSMAN EMPLOYEES OR THEIR RELATIVES.
Contest Starts monday, duly 23
Ends Saturday, September 8
Subscription blanks and instructions are available at Frontiersman office where
bicycle is on display.
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