HGMEMAKillS HOLD
MF t 7 INC MONDAY
The Homemakers' Council
held its regular meet
ing on December 3> at
the Extension Service
Craft Room* President
Mrs. F. Talcott gave a
report on the Short
Course that was held in
Fairbanks in October.
Mrs. Dorothy Hurley was
elected to the 2nd Terr
itorial Council as the
Palmer representative;
Mrs. Justine Parks was
reappointed to the
Council while in Fair
banks .
The Council voted to
have a Food Sale Decem
ber 15 to raise more
money for the Hospital
drive. All Club mem
bers are asked to give
food to be sold at this
date. Mrs. Karla Duff
and Frs. Eloise Hudgins
are in charge of the
Food Sale.
Mr. Hugh Johnson from
the Hospital Fund Rais
ing committee gave a
very interesting explan
ation of the committee's
work and stressed the
fact that all moneys
should be turned over
to them as soon as poss
ible .
Mr. Herb Lang showed
some very interesting
pictures of Swedish
farms.
mere were lo regular
members present and Mrs.
L. V/ostgate and Mrs.
Bfev/er were guests from
the new Club that is
nov/ being organized.
Nan Curtis,
Reporter.
The Sourdough Club is
to meet on December 8th.
at the home of Mrs. H.
Thuma.
The Cheechako Club
will moot December 10th.
at 7P»m. at Mrs.
Katheryn Wilson's home.
The Sourdough Club met
at the home of Mrs. Rose
Nelson. The new offi- -
cers presided. The
Christmas Farty will be
at the home of Mrs. V.
Thuma, when we will en
tertain our husbands and
children. Gifts will be
exchanged. The date of
the party will be Dec.
I 8th. There will be ,a
special business meet
ing December 12th at
'Mrs. Rose Nelson’s.
! NEu CLUB TO BE
j FORMED
A group of homemakers'
jwill meet Thursday Dec
jember 6th., at 8 p.m.,
I at the home of Mrs. Coe
' to organize a new home
| maker club. Cuests will
Fexchango gifts, cost
I not to exceed gl.50.
|
•DON'T COMPARE SWEDEN
[WITH ALASKA
!
i Kerb Lang, Extension
Service Exchange stu
dent , sums up his summ
er's work and travel in
| Sweden by the above
; statement. Comparable
!climate and soils in
•Sweden are devoted to
lumbering and reindeer
raising. The main ag
ricultural regions of
Sweden have a climate
and soils comparable to
New York and Iowa. Much
hand labor is still us
ed but increasing a
mounts of machinery are
[being introduced. Most
Ismail farmers cultivate
|20—30 acres of land and
1200 acres of woodland
las a winter occupation.;
ilt is a great co-op
country, 99f of all
milk producers belong i
to a milk co-op.
! EXTENSION DIRECTOR
'VISITOR IN VALLEY
j
; Lynn 0. Hollist, Ex
tension Service Direct
ior, and Prof. Art Pus
jwell arrived in Palmer
'on the Tuesda” train,
director Hollist attend
,ed several meetings in
! the valley in conjunc
tion with the Soil Con
servation Service Terr
itorial hoard meeting.
'Prof. Buswell went to
'Anchorage to negotiate
,the acquisition of a
Igroenhouse to be used
lat the University of
[Alaska
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3. Harvest when crop is
ready. Largo size gen
erally is undesirable.
[).• Have adequate stor
age facilities on farms
and at-the Co-op. Har
vested crops must get
to market on time.
5. Make producer rospon
sible for qrado. Can
adian farmers general
ly do their own grading
If their grade is not
up to standard, the Co
op regrades at the farm
era1 expense, not as an
overhead cha-rgc again
st all members.
6. Get the best manag
ers available to run
the busi-ness.
7. Pay wages sufficient
to get and keep compet
ent help.
8. Require that "spec
ialists" keep busy,
largely by floating a
round during their
slack soasons to other
departments that need
help. Several success
ful plants do their re
pairing, remodeling,
new construction, load
ing and unloading of
freight cars, etc. with
regular help recruited
from other departments.
This has the double
value of reducing over
head costs and keeping
a trained staff on hand
from year to year.
y» hoop their overhead
and handling charges
low. One Co-op v/as op
erating on a 5/ overall
margin, vegetable
Co-op was operating on
a 10/: margin and build
ing up some surpluses.
This low margin occurs
partly because they
handle only commodities
that will store. Per
ishables such as lett
uce and celery would in
crease their overhead
appreciably.
It was observed in
many eases that good
Co-ops usually owe their
success to a few inter
ested members. The
rest go along for the
ride.
Mr. Johnson also met
with a group of inde
pendent agricultural
workers in Canada to
get their ideas of how
their experiences
might apply to ..laskan
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