lorothy : . 3oll~3ditor
.socociat ion for tho punorc of giving nJW of t> crocir.tionr rork, nroblrmr end
'iccorjol irhn ntr.
Th r ju.rt rar not a 3cttlcr lurt tfcck. That ir the. r ;:san you did r.ot find one in
your l oot Office 3ox tbi~ lart rank. TIr Editor n-cd'd a r ot • r.d th only tray nrened r
to hr —jurt to take one rod not oublioh tl -Jottl r. T3vit could hr do nr caricr then
not grading th f.re rnrry th -,t vr. could ndt t 11 you about it in tv lart
j»r.p~r of .Tune, but th plan r'r.r not d finite at that tine. *
vou rill -till grt four parrrr during t!r nonth of July r.r. t‘.\ rr. are fiv Tridr.yr in
th' rvmth—that no.-nr that t.’ re r.rr four 1- ft.
■ST.' .C2 J TIOJ I n VJS a.75 pe r y r
)l.00 rix nor.
10$' a cony
NO SETTLER LAST WEEK
ECO 6
POULTRY COOPERATIVES
The story •if cion r.tiv activity in poultry cJid egg marketing ir on*, of successes and
problems. Egg circles rare the first important typo of cooperative to handl* poultry
product.* in th Unit d ^toto*. Th' tro chief purposes of thic ' arly form of egg mar
keting association r^rr to improv cuality b- th' production of infertile ~ggr, col
lect d .and shipp'd fr qurntly, and to market th rr. eggs more dirsctly to th.* consumer.
There egg circles rare th forcrunn-rc of th coop or.at iv' pooling arrociat ionr. They
cncourr.grd more'car'ful handling of 'ggs, improved mthods. of merle ting.
Th' dovclopm nt of the pool typo of *gg arrociat ion began in th far T>st, In tho T7rrt
larg' flocks b- can: common and lerg' volumes of rgg.e of high quality and fairly uni
form size end color more produced. Thio typo of production resulted in th' d'vslop- •
ment of cooperative pooling associations to mark-1 the surplus in the Eastern morlr to.
The pool type of cooperative has been organized in many of the ’"e stern. States. Most
of the so Associations start'd, in a -mail ray and are still operating rith increased
volume. Three A'Socintions hav' been point'd out as outstanding successes in the
marketing of eggs.
Uhy have they b*cn so successful'’ In the first place, they put a better product on
the market. In the second olaco, they improved methods of marketing and handling the
eggs. Eventually they rcre able to reach out and command a larger market. Surplus
eggs rare marketed on the East coast—because th'y rcrc tope in quality.
WHEN WILL THEY
LEARN ?
In a recent none r'loarc regarding tho employmrnt of on Eskimo girl in the Office of
Indian Affe.irs in TTashington D.C., tho■statement nac made that she camo from Point Bar
ron nhorc the anon naa SO foot deep. ’To quc3';ionod thnt---ond'did not include it in
the arc lease, because vc doubted the accuracy of the ctatcErni ’-giro naa printed be
cause that does not nccosc srily refer to a anon nouso, although people jn the Staton
muld interpret it an such. However, we took tin troublo ic rino. a little xr. format ion
on the precipitation in the Far North. T7hilc *jc found :io record •'’ram Pomv lesrou in
the literature vre had, no did find thic: According to a Bulletin issued by th c Alaska
Development, Board in 1946 and edited by our'CerciiJuiencr cf Agpj culture. •'!„?*, Onscor
the precipitation at Jatx*ba?Jc3 averaged 11,67 inches over o So „vur period; at X asm art*
9«r-4 inches over a 23 year period; and 6,3o inchos at Fort lu’con ov z- a S3 year period.
You uill note that as you l :.vol north fh- amount oi yc-zxx !• .11 n doorcasea ;.i; u.atld
appear th&t the porcini jet ion at Pc Int Berruv vonld !>o own Loon trtua at Faro Yukon*
Therefore. fO fr ee o* ouov. -r m'. Ideal one because that rui'.u xcs eh- i t SO inches of
rair''air or mors.
It xJuat seems that in spite of all the recent publicity of Alaska that there arc cer
tain things that people just insist upon believing. Ilian Putkuk, who naa bom near
Point Barron, has probably seen more snon in the States tVs? ~ho ever sen at the
place of her birth. A good deal of the troubl i4cs in the fast that people have"not
been taught a fou oinplo things about geography, Tv? no re never caught the nh“s and
nheroforos of clioaet- and \iruo to cjnoct in Jtifo> ent region.". of the e_rtl0 p’:u.y do
not know tho difference botucon coastal climalo'j and curl.rented climates.. "They ion’t
knof7 nhat to expect—except that if it is north it is cold and if it is 3outh it is
hot. Then'too, moot of the adults greu up on tho stories of the Eskimos in thoir
enow houseo, and the reality of the situation is drab in comparison.