VOL. 18
Palmer, Alaska
July e,.1949 Vol.S6
CO-OP NOTES
PRODUCE CHECKS OUT ON
TUESDAYS
All Produce drafts will be turned ir
at the office on Monday mornings of
each week, and checks will be issu
ed on Tuesdays, it was announced
this week by Clayton -sslinger,Chief
Accountant. The check will include
all produce delivered the previous
week from Monday through ofctiurday.
PRICE OF MILK TO FARMERS
REDUCED
Milk pi ices to the farmers for Grade
A milk delivered to the Palmer Plant
have been reduced to y9.00 per cwt.
with a differential of 100 per point
on the butterfat test. v9*00 per
cwt. is on 4^ PF tost milk. This
price became effective on July 1.
The milk supply has increased more
rapidly than it did last year. The
all time high for milk production
reached this year during the
last 15 days of June when the total
production was 171,478 lbs. The low
point for this year was in February
with 87,000 lbs. for the last fif-?'
teen days. Last year's high was
during July with a total of 155,504
lbs for the last fifteen days.
8 A SEME NT FOR PRODUCE
DEPARTMENT NEARS COMPLETION
Carpenters began laying the joist
for the floor of the new produce
addition to the V/arehouse this week,
The basement is practically complete
and will serve as additional stor
age for produce.
CREAMERY CONSTRUCTION AT
STANDSTILL
The construction of the Creamery
partitions and renovation of the
walls of the milk department is
jbe'ing temporarily held up duo to
the lack of materials. The Ice
Cream room is practically complete
except for the new sharp room which
is also awaiting the arrival of
materials.
Cont. on page 3
marketing survey
GETTING' UNDER WAY
Hugh Johnson, Agriculture Sconor::sc
has arrived to yhead- that depart
ment and will bo stationed at the
Experiment Station in the Valley*
Mr. Johnson is at the head of the
marketing survey and will be assist
ed by Uondell Calhoun, another spec
ialist who is being loaned from the
Berkley Station in California to
help get the marketing survey orien
ted and under way in Alaska, Jack
Yarscher from the Department of
! Economics and Business Administra
' tion of the University of Alaska,is
also helping with the survey, but
1 will return to his work at the Uni
versity this fall. Hr. Calhoun ex
pects to remain a month.
The marketing survey of -Alaska began
in xuichorage this week. The Army is
cooperating in this work 100fo per
cent Ur. Irwin said, and have loaned
two vehicles for transportation.The
survey group will work in anchorage
for several days and then will go on
to Fairbanks. They -xpect to cover
all of iALaska and will contact the
Army, the Co-ops, Independent Grow
ers, Commercial houses, Yarehouses,
and Retail businesses. They will
total the amount of produce available
from" Alaskan sources and check a
gainst the amount sold.
AUDITOR HERE
I Hr. Kqnry Seymour, has arrived to
s audit the accounts of the Agricul
ture Experiment Stations. Mr. Sey
mour is from Montgomery, Alabama,
and was sent here by the Farm and
Hom^■Administration, Auditing Dept.
Mr. ccynour ' in accompanied by his
wiV.
BUli HUG INSPECTOR HERE
Huge 35. Dolen Tr< arrived in the
Valiny recently and will bo the In
spector of the new Lebarotory which
is under construction for .the AiasKa
Research work. The work is now being
temporarily held up^awaiting the ar
rival of the reinforcing steel.