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Tt T V/LKY SETTLER is published
eve ’y Friday by the Matanuska
Valley Farmer's Cooperative
Association at Palmer, Alaska.
Mng. Editor: Marie Wilson
Subscription rates; $1.00 year
By nail; 1.75 year
Mailed anywhere; 10(zf copy
This paper is issued for the pur
pose of giving information and
news of the Matanuska Valley
Farmer's Cooperating Associations
work, Problems, accomplishments,
and also, news of local and gen
eral interest; and to help foster
the cooperative sporit of the
farmers of the Matanuska Valley.
4-H FARMERS IN THE FUTURE
On: of tho moat important organi*.
z at ions of the vail- y is tho 4-H
Clubs* This organisation is im
portant because of the direct
educational advantages it offers
the youth both at present and in
•the future. Practical farming
methods are taught the 4^H boys
including;'farm’ robords, interest
in the job, citizenship, better
farming methods and the joy of
awards for achievomnnt.
This is particularly important
in this farming community because
there 4-71 club members will be our
Co-op members of tomorrow. The
on ;s to carry on what has boon
started today. In most eases
these boys and girls are getting
something which the older genera*
tton could not got. Furthermore,
it Tr ips to standardize! farming
methods _.nd discard those which
arc unprofitable. It helps to
develop the real joy of farm life
and point out how it can be made
to pay dividends on labor.
Fast history shows that farm
boys and girls loft tho farm be
cause it did not hold interest
for them; 4-H develops that inter
est for them today.
In the present cooperative set-up
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wo actually need a larger volume of
farm produce. Therefore, ,ve need
more farmers, which points the way
for the young poople of the
valley and anoccupation for which
they have been educationed from
youth.
In Denmark, a cooperative cream
ery was never organized'until it
first had 1500 producing cows.
The Matanuslca Valley Varmors
Cooperating Association is not a
single commodity cooperative but
is organized for general farm
produce, and can be efficient'
with less cows. Nevertheless,
,wc need more volume of farm pro
duce and wo also need to build
a future for boys and girls.
LETS MAKE IT THE 4*H WaY.
Remember the 4*H clubs are having
their Achievement Day on Nov.4.
The Co-op Management is cooperat
ing and backing the clubs in
every way possible, they realize
the importance of this work.
If you arc a 4-H Club father or
mother or friend we will be ex
pecting to see you there on that
bay.
IMPORTANT
'HEALTH NOTICE
At the' next Health Center meeting
to be held Oct. SI, there will
be a discussion on school
lunches and samples and menus
will bo handed out. «11 mothers
interested in "this discussion
arc invited to'come regardless
of whether or not they have
appointments for this day.
New babies arid pre-schoolers are
invited to register at the
Health Center as usual.
When Betty fell with a pail of
eggs in her hand, her mother
called, "Did you break them?"
"No, mother, but some of the
shells came loose, "