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MILK PRICE RAISED
A raise in the price of milk went into ef
fect on Wednesday of this week. Milk is
new a quart higher both in Anchorage an<
the Valley.
EGG PRODUCERS
Egg Producers are requested to pick up
their empty cases each week. If your
chickens are not producing at the present
time, get your egg cases anyway as there
may he returns in them that you can use if
you get them now.
Egg Producers should bring their eggs to
market at least once or twice a week re
gardless of whether you have a case or
half case. We don’t mind a few dozen—ih
fact we would rather have a few dozen at
a time than 15 or 30 dozen that have' been
held too long, Tho main thing is to’get
them to the market in as fresh a condition
as possible.
NEED ANY HELP?
Formers are asked to let the Co-op Office
know if you need any help with your har
vest. The employment offico in Anchorage
is sending men out here to help out .during
harvest season and it will greatly facili
tate matters if tho office had a ready
list to which they can refer when these
men arrive. .
LEAVING FOll DUTCH HARQOR
B'>b Stewart is leaving the employment of
the Co-op to take a’petition with Standard
013 at Dutch Harbor. He expects to leave
here beforo tho end of this month. Ho
will bo replaced by.ULvin Weil.
ALASKA PRODUCTS- TQ STATES
Tho MVFCA was invitee1 to; take part in a
Publicity Expedition put on by tho Chamber
o*’ Commerces of tho different cities in
Alaska. On Friday of this week a E~29
loft for the States carrying a cargo of
Alaskan products which includes displays
from Alaskan industries from all ovorrth'o
Territory.
Pat Hemmer was busy on Thursday of this
w -;ek collecting products fron tho Valley
which included Vegetables, jairy Products
and Eggs, This display will be- shown in
Seattle,Washington; Memphis, Tennessoo;
Now Orleans, Louisiana; and Dallas, Texas.
Tho products woro taken from hero to the
Anchorage Dairy where Cap Boeman proparod
thorn for shipment.
POTATO SEED FIELDS
II1SPECTED -2/3 APPROVED
George rT. Gassor, Ccrr.iss ioner of Agricul
ture, and M.D.Snod-jraGB inspected nineteen
potato fields in the Valley' this reek for
Cortified seed. 2 more were inspected in
the Anchorage area. Of thiB number about
2/3 were accepted for Certified Seed pur
poses. This is tbs lowest percentage ewer
to be accepted in the Valley Mr. Gasser
stated. This is due to the prevelaree of
Black Leg in many of the fields this year,
he explained.
Black Leg in the potato fields this year
shows a particularly progressive nature,
Hr, Gasser reported, leather conditions
have been favorable for its spread. Fields
that showed a small amount of 31ack Leg
three years ago, ware sane worse last year,
but this year a decided increase in the
amount of the disease is in evidence»-ewen
on new land. Mr. Gasser sthted that he
and Hr, Snodgrass went over some fields'
two*' times before coming to a decision.
Mr. Gasser also stated that he and Mr.
Snodgrass found'that only the early plant
ings had developed a full crop. The lator
plantings have suffered frem'early frost
and other weather factors. From his ob
servation, Jlr. Grsser stated that plant
ing of potatoes after June 10 appeared to
bo too late unless the season should be
very favorable. The preferred time to
plant, in hi3 estimation, would bo during
the last week in May,
A PIONEER PASSES • AWAY
jvuioral Services for Evan J, Tomlinson of
Matanuslo trill ho hold from tho United '
Frotostant Church on Sunday September 19,
at 2:00 p„m»
Mr. Toml5.nson was one of tho oarliost set
tlors of tho Matonuska Valley. Mr. Snod
grass.has contributed the" following in
fonration for tho Cottier,
.Tho passing of -Evan J. Tomlinson, one of
the earliest Pioreors of .the. Mafonuska
Vnlloy loaves hut sixteen of one liundrod
and seventy-two origin ax homesteaders who
remained on their.homosteals to acquiro
titlo during the period from 1134 to 1923#
Jack was tho first settlor to build a homo
in the Valley. .Cont. on pp. 3