The following: resolution w;.s sent
to the Matanuska Vnllcy Farmers
Cooperating Association board,
August 22th. and at this hate no
acknowledgment has been received
by the Council fron the board*
RESOLVES:
Whereas— The Matanuska
Valley Colonisation Project' was
set'Ur as a Government cooperative
c onmun i t y and.
Whereas-- The Matanuska Valley
Farmers Cooperating Association
of this project is the neclous of
the success of said project and
must-have the cooperation of all
of its members and
Whereas-- Education of the people
in the business of said Associa
tion is the only way in which
this cooperation can be attained,
Therefore be it resolved: That
the Civic Council as representa
tives of the various districts
of the civic, association, hereby
request the Board of Directors
of the Matanuska Valley Farmers
'Cooperating Association to have
printed in the VALLEY SETTLER
the Minutes of its meetings and
an explanation why the fluctua
tion of prices of products which
the farmers have to sell which,
directly affect the livelihood
and advancement cf the people of
the Matanuska Valley,
Mee ting a dj ournc d.
Signed:
Loren McICcclinic—Presi dent
Fred II.Johnson—Vice Pros.
Acting secretary
Lack of space prevents cur publish
in0 the winners of prizes at the
recent T.Iatanuska Valley hair, as
wo would like to clo.
Ribbon awards were given to ex
hibitors who won with their ex
hibits in classes and lets -not
recorded in the Pror.dun boolcT
l Roney awards arc given only t'O
classes as licteExhibitors
showing articles or livestock
under the same class and lot arc
awarded hightest prize noney, " .
only.
ATTENTION GR/!TGE
MEMBERS
Will all Grange members please
nake a special, effort to be at
the Grange Hall in Palr.er at 12:
o'clock Sunday noon Goptenber 18,
to-have • a Grange picture taken
for the "national Grange ^Monthly"
Pleascr plan to bring your ovn car
if you have one„ This picture
is very important, an! should be
taken just as soon as possible.
CEREAL GRASSES AND THEIR
IMPORTANCE
( From the Anericr.n Poultry
J curnal)
Although i has been appreciated
hy poultrynen for a long tine
that greens have an important part
in poultry feeding it has not been
until recently that the value of
cereal grasses has cone to be
understood* ”/hile there is still
r.uch t o be learned about this
phase of poultry feeding, r.iuch
valuable information has ‘recently
cone to light,
Theso cereal grasses,wheat, rye,
oats and barley, have-boon found
to contain, fo r example, nearly
all the important vitamins need
ed by poultry, livestock, and
hupans. The yeuhg, tender shoots
are the* valuable part of these
grasses, and as soon as these
grasses start to joint, they be
gin to lose their feeding value.
It has been stated that within
one week a£tcr jointing, they
have lost 50$ of their feeding
value, and. that one pound of
young grass soilds supplies more
essentials for life than ten pounds
of grass cut at the dough stage.
The type of soil and. section of
tho country in w hich they are
grown make a difference, as well
as the way in which they arc cut v
and treated. One method of har
vesting these cereal grasses in
volves a. machine and process in
w hich the gra.sses do not touch
the ground after they are cut,
but are ground and bagged in the
sane process with the cutting.
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