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No, >5. j:
July 8, 1938
Fulmer, Alaska
5 cents
SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Many persons have the wrong im
pression concernin0 the rv.les
governing the present work pro
gram. ^Ve wish, therefore, to ex
plain this cro^rnm ; s it was set
up last fall.
In Oct., 193 7, a letter was sent
out to each fanner explaining the
total amount of tract allocation
and the.rules under which he would
he able to draw this money.
This a Hoc at ton was based on the
n anber of persons in a family plu3
stock-feed allocation and minus
#15.00 nor acre for land under cul
tivation, Twelve hundred dollars
was trie maximum amount a’.xOcated
to any one tract regardless of the
size of’ the family dwelling there
on. In no case were funds avail
able for development of tracts
beyond 40 acres.
The maximum amount a family can
draw any one mental-is l/l2 of thj
total not allocation or the month
ly budget amount.
Work done in excess of the month
ly bud0et amount will be credited
to the account in the form of a
work reserve and can be drawn out
up to Die monthly udget allowance.
Anyone who withdraws from the pc o
ject and has a work reserve can
not draw this out in cash but will
have it credited to his account
as this monoy is allocated for tfto
development of the land.
V/ITPlilAWAL OF FT'J "DS: Eighteen
months after Oct. 1957 any uncsrn
ed portion of this, tract alloca
tion will be withdrawn fro.a the
tract by the Alaska Rnr'~ 1 R.-Uab
llitation Corporation. This sta
tement should answer the many
questions which have been asked
lately.
Furthermore, any colonist who
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VALUATION op crops
A uniform method of determining
the present value of crops plant
ed has been worked out and is be
ing applied in cases where farm
ers are givin^ up their tracts
of land In the Colony.
This value is determined by
making allowances for the cost
of the seed by allowing $54.50
per acre for plowing with team,
$51.50 per acre for discing, $51.40
for seeding and an additional
allowance for fertilizer and the
labor in applying it. The rates
used above are those worked out
in connection with the rental of
farm machinery and cover the use
of man, team and equipment, '^he
prospective value of the crop
also must be taken- into consider
ation. A maximum value cannot be
allowed for crops that do not
show prospects of making an aver
age yield.
TixP concession rights for amuse
ments and Tood stands i'o.r the
Pair are now up for bids. No
bids will bp accepted after July
15. Anyone v/ho is interested,
please see V. H. Moreman.
SHEEP FEEDING EXPERIMENT
A recent six month period of ex
periment on the feeding of var
ious kinds of hay to sheep at the
Experimental farm shows some very
interesting results. Three dif
ferent pens- of sheep of five each
were fed different kinds of feed
for the six month period, beginn
.ing last December and ending-May
15 •
The first pen was fed a total of
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