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Sundays and Holidays call either
Verncn Fridley
' or
Ralph'floorG y;
■OFFICE CLOSES at dOQH on SATURDAYS
Matanuska Electric Ass'n., Inc.
Paloer.t,; Aloslw
MILK
BUTTER
EGGS
^ FRESH MEAT
STAPLE GROCERIES
LUNCH MEATS
FRESH FISH
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lOCKtR KITS
VISITORS FROM Tilt STATES
Mr. and Mrs. Blake, parents of Mrs. Lee
McKinley are visiting this summer In the
McKinley home at the Butte.
Mr. and Mrs. John Crit s have returned to
the states after a brief visit with their
sen, Hdbert, and', ills family. The Crltes
were accompanied by Brookh-rts and their
daughter, Cynthia. All were from Vapako
neta, Ohio, and drove up over the highway.
Mrs. Allan Mick is enjoying a visit
her mother who Is visiting Ihcre this sum
mer.
Mrs. Louise Knoff and Mrs. Mabel Stoops,
mother end sister respectively of Mr. Ted
Knoff, are visiting at the heme of Mr. and
Mrs. Tori Knoff this week. They arrived on
the Boranoff last week and plan to return
on the same beat. They are from San Jose
and Oakland, California._
Add chopped almonds to your pie crust,then
roll as usual. A special flavor and tex
ture^ is the_result._____
FARMER CO-OPS IN EUROPE
Taken from the Cooperative Digest
I have Just returned frcQ a six.weeks
trip to Europe In which I visited farmer
cooperatives In France, D-nnark, Sweden
and Great Jritain. Mo one can speak as
an expert after such short contact with
cooperatives In these countries, but I
did come away with a very definite impr
ession that farmer cooperatives In this
country can learn much from those In
Europe.
Sven though most of the countries are
snail and their problens are less complex
than those facing a nation as large as
the Untied States, nevertheless they ta
ckle every problem swiftly, doggedly and
efficiently. They realize that In order
to compete, f^rrns must produce efficient
ly and farmers must join with their nei
ghbors to purchase production supplies
and leter to market their products.
SCANDINAVIAN CC-CPS
The Swedish end Danish farmers have led
this extensive use of ocperntlves In
their farm business. That such use has
been successful is fully proven when they
report 90 tc 95 per cent of all dairy pro
ducts; 85 per cent of all neat; 75 per
cent of all poultry products are marketed
ccoperativ ly. They have used their pro
curement co curatives to a similar extent.
These thrifty, Industrious farmers early
realized the fact that, if a product is
to be most successfully marketed, that
product must first be of such quality as
to ra et the mends of the consumers.
For example, Denmark, as early as 75 to
100 years ago, has exported, grain. When
cheaper American gr^ln wasput on the. world
market, th.se Danes could not compete.
They carefully surveyed tht situation and
decide^ that they could compote with dairy
products, meats, end poultry products.
i;.long with the switch from grain to live
stock they set up their own cooperative
exporting agency. They then began by de
veloping the type of hen, sow, end cow
that would moot the demand of the custom
ers nearest tc th~m. The result has been
the Fed Danish Ccw and tnat wonderful ba
con hog--ths Danish Landrnca. Both are
ideally suited tc their climatic and crop
conditions, are skillfully handled and
fed so their products excell when put upon
the market.
[ found cooperative leaders abroad anxious
to know about our farmer cooperatives in
the United States and many of them have
spent months studying our operations,
tertalnly, there is much that we can l<xm
'r om_them . _ ___
Baked benns make a good sandwich spread,
brain and mash the beans, and. mix with
chopped sweet pickles and chilli sauce.