MATANUSKA VALLEY FARM TOUR
William easier Farm - Soil Erosion
Control - W.A. Rockie
Mr a. .Leg' Marshall Farm - Lawn Pre
partition and Seeding
Ivan Wilaon Farm - Food Preserve
tion and Storage Space
Ross She'd y Frrm - Self Feeder for
’ ‘Hogs
Return to Palmer - 3:30 P.M.
Plan with your neighbor to take
tour and look over farm practices
th"t are recommended by the Exten
at on Service. It w ill be v;ell
worth your time to see what is be
ing done by our neighbors.
Twenty farmers and wives have al- .
ready expressed their desire to go
on this tcur.
LET’S SOLVE OUR OWN PROBLEMS
The Land Use Planning program aids
in the development of doneoracy in
the agricultural industry. The
Land Use Planning Committee, the
Commodity Groups,-and the smaller
sub-committees form the mechanical
memium upon which the voice of the
agricultural industry of thoMatan
uskr Valley can travel.
The origin of all agricultural pro
blems is. on the farm. The farm’s
manager — the farmer himself --
must face tEe problems of product
ion and marketing. His problems,
are closely associated with the
problems of his neighbors.
For instance, theq^uantity of a cer
tain commodity produced on one farm
contributes towards the entire pro
duction of all farms and thereby
influences the price received. The
spreading of weeds or a plant dis
ease may serve as an additional
illustration. Any action taken by
a few farmers to .eradicate a weed"
or a disease may be thwarted be
cause of the lack of concerted de
mocratic action on the part of all
interested or affected by the pro
blem.
Therefore it requires the opinions
of oil people affected by one or a
group of circumstances to deal with
comnunity problems; and especially
so in a community vhose primary
function is that of building a suc
cessful agricultural industry.
Land Use Planning offers the farm
ers the opportunity to set up the
machinery of true democracy within
the agricultural industry* Effec
tive democracy requires the opinions
and ideas of all to determing pol
icy and action programs which will
be nbat suitable and beneficial
to all the people. A policy or- .
program so determined will be-more
effective among the farmers them
selves; and agencies in position
to aid their problems will more
readily offer their aid and. fulfill
requests made to them when they
•orginate from the combined opinions
of all farmers affepted.
NOTICE /,
\
Arrangements have been made to do
custom canning of chard and other
•garden produce at the cannery,
August 15. '•
It t/ill be necessary to start by
8 o’clock in the morning. Each
one bringing in produce to can,
will be expected to.do bis own
washing and packing, and the cannery
will run it through the process.
Cost will be 6^ per can -- the
cannery to furnish the? cans.
The meeting of the 4.-F Council for
Monday Evening has been postponed
until Tuesday Eve at the Extension
office..
All those interested in sheep at-k
tend the meeting of the sheep
group 7.2-30 Saturday evening in the;
basement .-of the dormitory. ..