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ALASKA’S DAIRY INDUSTRY
GROWS IN VOLUME AND EFFICIENCY
The farm and store prices of
tirade A milk produced in Alas
ka show how increased local pro
duction has kept consumer food
prices down, according to a re
port made this week by the Alas
ka Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion. A comparison of the prices
received by farmers and prices
paid by consumers suggested im
proved efficiency in the local pro
duction and distribution, accord
ing to H. P. Gazaway, station ec
onomist.
1 ^e price local consumers pay
for fresh milk has increased only
14 percent since 1945 as compar
ed with a 50 percent increase for
consumers in the Seattle area.
Seattle store- prices edged upward
from 14 to 23 cents a quart while
the Anchorage price has remain
ed at 40 cents a quart for the
past nine years. During this
period the local wage scales for
most trades have gone up more
than 300 percent. This means, the
report points out, that an hour’s
wages will not buy more than
three times as much fresh milk
as 10 years ago.
During this period of wage
price increases, the local dairy
processor-distributors have bee/*
■ able to pass on to the farmei
greater proportion of the consum
ers milk dollar. Farmers now re
ceive about 58 percent as com
pared to 40 percent in 1945. They
have also improved plants and
services while offering more at
tractively packaged products of
finer quality. During the past five
years farm prices declined in the
states while marketing costs and
retail prices were increasing.
Stateside farmers received a
smaller share of the consumers
milk dollar as farm, processor
and distributor costs have edged
upward-along with the price paid
by consumers.
It takes a lot of hard work and
confidence in the future of Al
aska to develop a commercial
dairy farm, Gazaway points out
in the report. It also requires a
considerable investment in time,
effort, experience or money. Nor
mally from 10 to 15 year§ is re
quired to develop a homestead
into a commercial dairy farm
with the equivalent of $40,000 to
$60,000 investment. Agriculture
continues to develop more rapid
ly in the Matanuska-Anchorage
area. This reflects, the report
shows, the greater availibility of
development capital, marketing
facilities and markets as well as
more agricultural experience in
the area. The Tanana Valley in
the Fairbanks vicinity has a
greater agricultural potential.
There, the report states, farming
is likely to increase at a more
rapid rate during the next few
years. Further growth in live
stock production for the Kenai
Peninsula, Kodiak and the Aleu
tian Islands is also likely.
Sportsmen Fish Fry
Slated for Sunday
iMatanuska Valley Sportsmen
are urged to have their fish ready
for the group’s annual fish fry
which will be held at Barry’s
Finger Lake Resort this Sunday,
starting at noon. Gene Kirsch,
chairman, said that more fish will
be needed. “Each year our at
tendance increases and each year
we need more fish”, he said. The
association will furnish coffee,
Kool-aid, hard rolls, and ice
cream. All Sportsmen members
and their families are invited to
attend the outing. Each family
! is asked to take their own picnic
THURSDAY, JULY 11
SPORTSMEN MEETING, Range
room, 8 p.m.
PIONEER GRANGE, Grange
hall, 8 p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Elks hall,
7:30 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
M.T.A. DIRECTORS, MTA of
fice, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, JULY 13
RAINBOW GIRLS, Carpenters
hall, 2 p.m.
SOAPBOX DERBY, Anchorage
SUNDAY JULY 14
SOAPBOX DERBY, Anchorage
SPORTSMEN FISH FRY, Barry’s
lake.
GRANGE PICNIC, Barry’s lake
MONDAY. JULY 15
PALMER KIWANIS, Grange
hall, 12:05 p.m.
TUESDAY JULY 16
PALMER MOOSE, Moose hall, 8
p.m.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY, Hos
pital, 1:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Co
Op club room, 12:05 p.m.
EASTERN STAR, Carpenters
hall, 8 p.m. j
PALMER ELKS, Elks hall, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, JULY 18
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS,' Elks hall,
7:30 p.m.
lunch. The fish will be served
along with the lunches.
Swimming, boating, and fishing
are expected to provide most of
the entertainment for the group.
Members are reminded of their
regular meeting which will be
held tonight at 8 p.m.
In 1935 the average American’s
hourly factory earnings would
buy five quarts of milk for an
hour’s work. An hour’s work to
day will buy seven to eight quarts
of milk.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED j
Additions! Work
Needed to Beautify
Palmer This Year
Despite a small attendance, sev
eral very good suggestions to
beautify Palmer were made at
the meeting held July 2 in the
Extension office. Only five re
presentatives of the various
groups who had previously indi
ated a desire to help clean up and
beautify Palmer were present
Suggestions made by the group
would help continue the improve
ments already brought about by
some civic-minded individuals
and organizations.
As a possible means to have
some of the more unsightly spots
cleaned up it was suggested that
a team of two people who are
interested in having a neat, clean
city, call upon the offenders and
explain just what the group is
trying to accomplish and request
their cooperation.
Need information
All persons, organizations, and
firms who have made any type
improvements about their pro
perty this past year are asked to
report them immediately to
members of the Steering Commit
tee which has been working on
the Beautify Palmer project. The
information is needed immediate
ly to compile the report which1
will be submitted to Look mag
azine in their annual improve
ments award contest. This infor
mation may be left with Ed
Smith, Wanda Wilson. Edna Wei
king, or Isabelle Woolcock.
Trailer Rules
City Councilman Charles Logs
don explained some of the new
regulations that will govern
house trailers coming into Pal
mer. These regulations will help
considerably in avoiding unsan
itary conditions .Logsdon point
ed out. It was recommended at
the meeting that an area outside
the city limits be set aside for
trailers and that rules and regu
lations be drawn up for occupa
tion in such a space.
Attention was called to the
cluttered appearance around City
Hall and it was explained by
Councilman Logsdon that the
City was fortunate in being able
to secure needed equipment
through the military surplus. As
it had to be removed from the
disposal yard immediately, and as
the city had not yet acquired
space on which a shed or build
ing could be erected for housing
the equipment, the only recourse
was to set it on the City Hall
grounds for the time being, he
stated.
It was suggested to Council
man Logsdon that he suggest to
his fellow Councilmen that the
health officer be instructed to
take necessary steps to bring
pressure on those individuals or
firms whose alleys and area ways
are littered with garbage ar,
trash.
It was brought out at the meet
ing that the City Planning Com
mission’s tentative zoning pro
gram has been approved by the
City Council and accepted on a
temporary basis until a more
complete zoning ordinance may
be adopted.
Mission to Start
At St. Michael’s
Sunday Morning
The week-long mission to be
held at St. Michael’s Catholic
Church in Palmer will start on
Sunday, July 14. The Rev. Wil
liam Lockman, C.SS.R., a re
demptorist priest from Seattle,
will conduct the mission which
is planned for all ages.
Rev. Lockman will offer his
first mass during the Sunday ser
vice at 10:30 a.m. Services Sun
day evening will begin at 7:30
p.m. and will include the rosary,
sermon and benediction. Week
day masses will be offered at 7:30
a.m. with a short sermon and
evening services, following Sun
day night’s program, will be held
at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is invited
to attend.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
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