Rural Farmers
Hello
- You nay have read about Mr. Les
ter's resignation fron the Extension
Service in the local papers. Direc
tor Hollist has asked me to cone up
fron Hnner to replace him.
I will adnit at once that my know
ledge of the valley, its soils and
clinatic conditions, and other agri
cultural problems is limited. To do
iny job as an Extension agent most
effectively it is necessary that thb
knowledge is secured as rapidly as
possible.
There are several possible sources!
of information which will be used.
One of the most important is the
farmers. A farmer has usually had
several years experience in the area
and tends to watch his neighbor and
check his operations. On ny farm
visits you can help me by telling
no your experiences and problems.
Another way in which the farmer
can help the Extension worker is to
elect or delegate a committeo of
three farmers to form a PMA condttoo
Those farmers v/ill help on the ACP
program, indicate what information
ehey need to help t.hoir operations,
and in general help tho Extension
Service to do a good job of dcssin
:Lnoting pertinent a -ricultural knew
1od:;e to tho farmers. In the vallay
r. C.C.Hoffman and William R.Hockcr
hvve been delegated to represent
tho farmers on such a committee.
If the farmers would like an
elected committee similar to the
Board of Soil Conservation Supor
v sions or as is done in the Homer
a~ea to ask several members of tho
beard to act a3 PMA members, an
election will be arranged.
Hope to soo you scon.
Sincerely,
Richard Blue
District Agricultural Agent
Palmer, Alaska
JUNEAU-Surveys of wholesale and
retail grocery coats in Alaska will
soon be undertaken by the Territor
ial Office of Price Stabilisation,
it was announced this week by Fred
G.Hanford, Territorial OPS directcn
J.Herbert Moighan, director of re
gion lL(. in Wn.D.C. advised Hanford
that the survey be similar to one
now under way in the s tates, al
though net as extensive in scope.
Mcighnn, who heads OPS activities
in all the territories and posses
sions, said he believed a program
of posted dollar-and cent "communi
ty prices" could be of material be
nefit in most of the territories .He
said preliminary surveys in Alas lea
probably would start early in Aug
ust. The territorial office has
urged that a survey be conducted.
The chief purpose of the surveys
v/ill bo t o ascertain whether there
is suffieient stability in the
prices of a number of standard gro
scry items to make a "community pric
ing program possible.
It v/as pointed out that the "lovelinr;
)ff" phase of tbo past few months has
just about been achieved and that a
jlatcau of stability is necessary be
fore posted coiling prices can bo put
Into effect. "Community pricin'* was
•a familiar and popular method of price
control during World War II" Mciyhan
said. • "Under this system, the country
is divided into relatively snail mar
ket areas, and nroccry ccilinys were
established for each area, based on
factors of transportation and other
costs. Prices thus arrived at arc then
printed on charts and posted in the
stores where all customers may see
them." Moiyhan emphasized that if sur
veys aro conducted in the territories
information gathered from grocers v/il
bo held in strict confidence by OPS.
continued from pave 2
and workers' income and began a cam
paign to belittle and harass the Co
ops, hoping that it would end tbc co
operative movement. It hasn’t worked
as well as they had hoped, but it is
still dangerous. It could hurt the
co-ops by restrictive laws and fifth
column work among their members.
The thing to do to protect your
co-op is to sit tight; support the
men who arc working for your inter
ests; and refuse to listen to the
wolves who are trying to wreck your
co-operatives. In the Ion- run the
only way that the co-opcrativc can
be destroyed Is by the indifference
of its members, or the active sup
port of the ideas that its opponents
offer. You can protect, your co-op
crativo by giving it your financial
and moral support and by construc
tive criticism of its policies. The
final decision rests with you, its'
members. CRR
CLOBEER FLYING; '.'/hat does a new
comer to Alaska think about the "dif
ference ”? Bent fenders on automo
biles, crushed while parked; parked
airplanes crashed into by other air
planes. Y/hat is different? It sees
as though it is complete lack of con
sideration for the safety or protec
tion of the other person’s life or
property.
Alaska used to bo "different" in
that airplane "buzzin~" with the us
ual fatal accident was very rare.We
arc no longer "different". Fuzzing
accidents keep ri. ^ht on schedule,
one ovary three months.
’’/hat did the Lady from Brazil find
"different" in Alaska? She safely
flew all the way along two continents,
parked her plane ■ properly at Circle
Hot Springs, and then had one wing
demolished by an airplane whose pi
lot ruffed his landing.
Some things are as different as we
make them. Some differences we can be
proud oft but no difference is grounds
for incompetence, cmc]cssnc3s, ortoaridincss.