Dorothy M. Boll, Editor
Palmer, Alaska
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TIME TO PLAN A NO PLAN WISELY
Aoril is here and spring is truly coming around the corner--ever, if it has been playing
AAnril Fool jokes oh us today* T 'is past t^o reeks tons of ft?, tilize - at.i uot.1 have
come into the Valley and have been transported to the tarns Most of this uiia. proba
bly be used in .the product ion. <j>ij hay, grains and silage for “he .livestock -of tno Valley,
but a good portion ofi! r?II'ly>r56Sbiy be used on the V lleys ocher large crop—that
of potatoes.
As the years have passed, V lley farmers have realized that it pays to get together
and make some sort of plans for each years crops in or ior t,o be able to meet the mar
ket demands. Many of us can recall a fer years bacx, rhen a meeting rould be called
this time of the year and figures rould be given as co nor much produce the market;
could take. There rould probably be five or six produces and they rould make a -centa
dstimate as to hor much they planned to produce, but they rent straight homo and plant
ed acres of one crop or trice to three times as much as they had agreed to plant T^e
result ras that in the summer thore come a time '“hen their produce was- a drug on the
market so it rotted in the fields. Then there ras a time rhon more producers rero-in
the field and the Association foolishly bought more than the market rould take and .
had to dump a good shnre of it in the river.
Eith planned production neither one of these practices should be necessary to any great
extent. In order to prevent thds rastofulness, it becomes necessary for farmers to
get together as soon as possible in the season and find out rhat the riarket demands
rill be—then agree to meet these demands. It is imnossiblc ^or the Association to
make any sort of a contract unless it has information as to rhat its members rant or
plan to sell.
Yes, April is here and so is the spring rork, but rork is useless unless it is rlnnned
risely. It rill pay you dividends to attend all Vegetable producers meetings and fit
your plans to meet the needs of the market. rerhaps you have a location or soil that
enables you to produce earlier lettuce or cabbage than other farmers—then you should
attempt to cooperate in that respect. Help to spread the fresh produce season over as
long a season ns possible and ease the flush season “•hen everybody had proiuce to sell.
Group planning of production can do a lot to hcln m this respect—if everyone rill
make it his duty to attend the meetings and let his Association khO“' his plans,
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