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Dacomber 6, 1940
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Palmer, Alaska
No. 48
LAND USE COID'IT jT'S HEATS
Tilth an attendance of twenty-one,
the Land use Planning Committee
held its tenth meeting in the Ex
tension Service'Office the evening
of December 4th.
A report on the progress of testing
for Bang's disease stated that
over two hundred blood specimens
have been sent to the Public Health
lab or a tor* for examination. The
question of the proper means of dis
posal of reacting animals was dis
cussed, and a decision was reached
that such animals should be iso
lated, and their milk pasteurized
until the veterinarian arrives to
direct a program for the complete
elimination of the disease. Present
indications ore that there are few
infected cattle in the Valley.
Dr. Hanson reported correspondence
with the Chief of the Bureau of
Animal Industry on the subject,
and read sections the Federal
regulations provl ling partial re
imbursement to farmers for
slaughtered animals, providing
that at least an equal reimburse
ment b: do by the lb to or i
^ -urf.tor- .• - •
'L comnittso vr.z p~ Dints 1 to 'rav;
up abU.l nroviding the necessary
legislation if a condemnation and.
slaughter program should be recom
mended .
Don Irwin reported that tho new
veterinarian would arrive in Ju
neau early in January, and could
be expected here during the latter
part of that month, hr. Irwin
also reported that he would present
a resume of Experiment Station
projects at the next meeting of
the Committee. He stated that
Director Oldroyd had authorized
the statement that the Committee’s
suggestions would e rr- c 'ns! "er-.blc
( Continued on page 3 )
V.'HAT PAThlS A CO-OP "TIC' " L
Have you ever had the satis ."action
of "selling" a friend or . ~hbor
on the immediate advantages of co
operative marketing thr ou h your
organisation and then have'him
later become a 100 percent, dyed
in- the- wool cooperator? A lot
of us have, because it was only by
this method that our me mb ”3 .ip
grew from the original 115 founders
in 1917 to over 26,000 r omb rs th.at
v;e have today.
The success of any cooperative in
cluding our own, is doponclc.t in
the final analysis on the interest
and enthusiasm of those who .wn and
govern it--tho kind of into” st
and enthusiasm that v:ant3 to know
all about the structure and oper
ations of its cooperative; the kind
of interest and enthusiasm that
demands being put straight a mis
information or derogatorv rumors
affecting its organisation; the kind
of interest and enthusia. r the t is
willing to give praise fo- e ,'ob well
done and offer construct!. criti
cism toward-the correction of past
mistakes; the kind of int rest"and
)nthusiasn
ikr:
spoken Co-or booster
ore
i nrl
. O' t
>ud of it
It takes all kinds of pec do
a world and sovoral of tkoso
patronise a cooperative* o
Tinny members who cons icier the
to make
kinds
hr. vo
t the
sxistonce of their coopera.‘ve in
itself is of much more iirr vetence
than any immediate’savings or ser
vice to thcmselvos.
(Continued on pa30 3 )
BOTTLIbG FLA PI POVBD
the Co-op milk bottling plant has
boon moved from Anchora-o to the
Creamery building in Palme . I'ilk
jvill continue to be bottled here
Until more satisfactory ar • 'ugements
can be me do in Anchorage*