every friday by the hatarmska Val
ley P&rnors1 Cooperating Associa
tion at Calmer, Alaska,
I'm. f.ditor: Irving Newvillc
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Increased production from pre
sent acreage by more efficient, in
tensive farmin_ methods will insure
better quality and return greater
not income to producer was the
tliene of talks by Don.L.Irwin, L.
'’.Stock and far oId hice during the
agricultural meeting last oat. af
ternoon. bach stressed the nec
essity of farmers confining their
efforts to acreages they can han
dle thoroughly rather than in
creas ;u acreage and cutting the
yield ner acre and quality of the
product.
Captain Mifflin was present to
offer suggestions and help other
wise to coordinate- production
and Army demand for locally grown
food products. One point brought
out in particular was the desira
bility of purchasing thru an or
ganization rather than from In
dividual-peddlers .
L.C,Stock said that approximate
ly 1200 varieties of potatoes are
grown and advised local growers
to decide on one variety and elim
inate all others in order to stan
dardize and be able to compete
with Outside spuds, A farmer must
produce that which the consumer
demands. Samples of root crops
and various cuts of meat were
shown to Illustrate the econony
of providing high quality ro
ducts to be sold thru the various
departments of the Ass'n,
High grade goods sell then': elves
and aro always in demand. Very
little, if anything can be done
by the Cooperating Ass'n, to raise
the quality of products brought
in for resale. As expressed by
Harold Rice, "‘'Good meat s- rts
wit good breeding." Then it is
uo to the farmer to feed r ,e ani
mal out to a finished pro ct.
Local demand for pork cal’s for
hogs weighing 145 to 155 lb.
Lard type hogs are not desirable.
Little porkers weighing 100 to
125 or 130 lbs. are comparable to
immature vegetables or green fruit
and are about as difficult to
dispose of.
Lon Irwin gave the resulss of
experiments conducted at t.oo 1' at
anuska Station on dairying - calf
feeding, sheep feeding, potato
growing and work accomplished
with grains which will ap ear in
another issue of the Settler.
ADVANCED FIRST AID CONTINUED,
meet once or twice a week, acec
cording to the wish of the maj
ority. for five meetings.
Civilian Defense First Aid will
bo emphazied in this series of
classes which will be the only
Advanced Course offered this
spring.
Joe Flakne was a visitor
in Palmer Friday.
JUST A LITTLE THOUGHT
If I thought that a word cf mine,
Perhaps unkind and untrue -,
would leave its trace on loved
one's face,
I’d never speak it - would you?
If I thought that a smile cf nine
Eight linger the whole day through,
And lighten some heart, with a
heavier part,
I’d not withhold It - would you?
The Alaslcan.