GARDEN AND FOOD PRESERVATION ocn'td.
"The value of home garden production In
Improving the diets and health c-f cur peo
pie, especially these families with lim
ited food budgets, Is especially Important
under present conditions,” Secretary Bren
nan said. "Also, a hone garden can help
evercome the per food habits and lack of
knowledge of good nutrition among famil
ies that have ample funds to spend for
feed. Families that take up gardening
seem to develop a taste for vegetables
and fruit that has a permanent effect on
their consumption habits."
The resolutions of the group, which
were presented to Secretary Brennan,
brought out the following pertinent facts
which were recommended for Inclusion In
the program:
1. The existing garden program cf the
Cooperative Extension Service cf the USDA
and the various State Land-Grant Colleges
should be expanded to meet the needs cf
present and future emergencies. Educa
tional work In growing gardens, pre
serving vegetables and fruits, and lmprcv
lng diets would be further strengthened
by extension agents located In rural
areas.
2. The program should Include garden
production and home food preservation and
prevent wastage.
3. It Is recognized that for the maxi
mum strength of the nation, both civilian
and military, It Is necessary for citizens
to have nutritious diets and an adequate
RESOLUTION BY WASILLA ORANGE # 2
properly financed, and
'V HER BAS, the United States Is at pres
ent engaged In hostilities In Korea,
which could conceivably spread to become
a general war, and
WHEREAS, In the event of a general war,
Alaska with e11 Its population, both mil
itary and civilian, could conceivably be
cut off from supplies from the United
States, and
WHEREAS, present farm production In the
Territory could not nearly meet the needs
of the population, properly established
farms are a necessity for the defense of
xllaska,
THEREFORE, this Wasllla Grange #2 off
ers the following program of farm financ
ing In the Territory of Alaska for the
consideration of the Congress of the.U
nlted States:
1. An Initial revolving fund of $500,000
be set up.
2. Funds to be administered by a board
of directors, a .majority of which should
be bonaflde farmers, elected by rural
land owners.
3. Maximum loan to any one enterprise
should not exceed'$15,000.
4. Interest rate should not exceed 4%
with a maximum of thirty years to pay.
5. To be eligible for a loan, applicant
should have spent three years on h^ls farm
or If as much as five years previous fam
ing experience could be shown, one year on
his fam. should be sufficient if other
qualifications are net.
6. Applicant should be able to show
either $2500. or comparable improvement on
his farm, or farm machinery and improve
ments to the value of $2500.
7. Applicant should net be required to
meet unreasonable requirements as to ade
quate living quarters for himself and fam
ily.
8. All loan funds to be spent for farm
machinery, clearing land, farm buildings,
purchase of livestock or seed and fertil
izer, or ether income producing purposes.
9. Funds set up for loans should remain
in the custody of the agency until spent,
all expenditures to be made only as origin
ally agreed on.
10. Clients should be encouraged to use
a maximum of their own labor during the de
velcpment period.
11. Loans from this fund should be made
only for development of lands known to be
suitable for the type of farming intended.
continued on page 4
reserve of essentlnl food supplies to meet
emergencies. This garden program, which
would result In Increased consumption of
fruits and vegetables, would greatly Im
prove the American diet and help to over
come one of Its commonest deficiencies.
4. Special effort should be made to get
people in cities where space for home gard
enlng Is not available to become active in
a program of home and community food pres
ervation. City people could thus become
participants In a patriotic program for
food conservation. By purchasing fresh
products when temporary ever supplies are
available In the markets, these home can
ners would help to hold down their own
fCv,d costs, would contribute to checking
Inflationary pressures, and help make good
ise of abundant feed supplies grown by
commercial producers.
5. This program of home production of
fruit and vegetables would help to relieve
shortages of transportation, manpower, and
packaging.
6. The benefits to both health and mor
ale frem gardening will be of great value
to citizens during these times of intense
sfferts toward safe-guarding the Nation
s.nd Its communities. Hone gardening Is a
constructive and creative activity that
cermlts all to make a greater contribution
to National defense.
BILL PROVIDES FOE INSPECTION OF MEATS
Of course the cost of hiring more expen
sive personnel would be placed on the pro
ducer and the consumer. There should un
doubtedly be rules and regulations govern
ing the slaughtering and sale of neat an
imals In the Territory. But, let's have a
law mere In line with cur needs, and not
one adaptable to the better developed areas
In the States. Write or wire your repre
sentatives In the Territorial Legislature
inless you want this bill to pass.
C.E.R.