TEE VALLEY SETTLER is published
every Friday by the Latanuska Val- j
ley Earner's Cooperating Associa
tion at Palmer, A laska.
Mng, Editor: - Irving Hev/villo
Subscription rates: |>1*00 year
3y nai1: 1.75 year
Vailed anywhere: .10 copy
This paper is issued for the pur
pose of giving information and .
news of the Latanuska Valley Far
riers Coope sating Associations
work, problems, accorapliahmont3,
also news locan and general
interest and to foster the Co
operative spirit of the Farmers
of the Matannska#Valley.
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it7 of cur procout National Em
ergency and indicating tc Earn
er s 3 "me of tho things to help,
"Uncle San nr.de it possible
for you to have electric power.
New Uncle San wants you to use
that newer to help him lick what
threatens to be the gravest Nat
ional emergency within our memory,
■Jo need more rllk, more eggs.
V/o need r.oro of those foods from
our present cows and hens, and
we need to got ’■•ore to tho pro
cessing plants in first-class
condition, electricity can help
you do both, o need more pro
ducing hens fer an even larger
production next year. Electric
ity can help you get then ready
to start laying next spring,
lore’s what you can do about
it. You can seo that your stock
get plenty of water, and a pro
per feeding, lake your electric
pump earn its keep; use electric
water-warmers. You can put lights
in your poultry houses--ultra
violet lights, e.rhaps, to help
the birds stay healthy, ^ou can
sec to it that your milk-handl-'
ing equipment is strictly clean,
and that your milk-cooling ar
rangements reduce the temperature
quickly and maintain proper
storage conditions. Yon can gather
7/our eggs twice or three times a
day, and cool then before storage.
dope daily, you can start
a fall brood of chicks. Your
brood, ng pquipnent should not
lie idle; got your noncr.-'s worth
out of it and perform a patriotic
service at the same time.
At your co-op office we
have plans for nakinu brooders
and stocktook heaters, Y/o have
information on water warmers,
henhouse v/iriiv,, ultra-viol t
lights, feed grinders, and frost
proof plumbing. Your Yxtmsion
agent can help you select pro
por feed r.iixturos for highcst
production.
Y/e can tell you how tc. us o
those electrical devices with
the utmost economy, so that 7 our
power bill will not go up too
much.
Since the Government is do
ing its best to oxtabli3h a good
[market price for the extra eggs
and milk' you produce this 7'car
[and next, and since the g vern
[mnit is launching simultaneously
a campaign to improve our diets
[as a nation by eating more of
these foods here at' home, farm
ers stand to profit, over and
above the cost of modest now
equipment installation and the
cost of op.rating it.
Y/c. ail owe a lot to Uncle
San; let's make this small re
pay icnt on ac count.
I . H. A. Kotos
farmers interested in the
use of electricity for heating
drinking water for stock ..ay ob
tain information at the Liatanusla
fiectric. Ass'n. Office, or. the
making of a homo made Electric
hater Heater for that pur.->sc.
In answer to inquiry made in
the last few days regarding wiring
materials, etc., those materials
may bo obtained at the Northern
Electric Supply Co. and Hill's
Electric Shop, in Anchorage,
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