WAREHOUSE MANAGER penscn anr
nounces Mo arrival of shipments of
Garden rr/1 Field soar's, fertilizer
and some "inchincry supplies. It
will be n cesscry to supply the
customers who ordered seeds and
fertiliz-x* in advance, first. So,
the persons who have orders in, are
requested to let the warehouse know
whether ti cy still want the amount
or^ererl, or want to release some
or all op it to someone else. Most
of this shipment was ordered sev
eral months ago, and while all of
it has not arrived, it seems that
all of t.‘ • original orders can be
filled in the near future.
The citizens of the Matanuska
Valley w're honored by a visit fror
the Governor of Alaska, last Mon
day. The party lunched at the
Co-operative Fountain and later
held a c nference with Don. Parks,
President of the Cooperative, Man
ager L.C. Stock, Secretary-Treasur
er C.C. Prix and Dr. Herbert Han
sen, Gen/ral Manager of the A.R.R.C
The Gov rnor was interested in
the progress ms^e by the Farmers ir
the Valley and the Cooperative. Ho
seemc'1 pleased with the new potato
program. Governor Greuning has had
a large interest in the affairs
connect' ~ with the development of
the Mat: : nska Valley since the es
tablishm- nt of the Colony Project.
He has L n a Director in the
A.R.R.C., a nr’ was in charge of the
Depart- at of the Interior for the
administration of Territories and
Insular Possessions until be was
appointed Governor of Alaska, a
bout. thi •. years ago. The Govern
or may b< the last one to be ap
points'1 ’ey the President, as the
last T rritorinl Legislature passed
a terror*.' 1 asking the TJ.S. Con
gress to allow Alaska to elect its
own Gov, ! nor,
As President Roosevelt has al
ready r<: commended that Porto Rico
be allow d to have this privilege
it seems unlikely that he will not
be favor- ble to the request of the
Alaskans for the seme privilege.
The Governor signed the Memorial
before 1 aving Juneau, so no doubt
it is well on its way to Washington
by this time. Delegate Dimond re
cently presented a bill to Congress
to take care of this request.
Mrs. Herbert Caulkins, former
resident of the Valley, underwent
c surgical operation at the Rail
road Hospital in /nehorege, this
v/eek.
THE F/.RM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
So many persons have asked us
what the F.S.A. Is, and what it's
functions are, that we are publish
ing this article from the World
Almanac.
"The Farm Security Administration
was created in IPS? to replace, the
Resettlement Administration. It's
activities are geared to help low
income families on Farms to increase
food production, on a plan of bal
anced farming tint will enable them
to become self-supportin^.
At the present time the program
specializes on increased food pro
duction to air War efforts. Loans
are made to those who cannot get
credit anywhere else. They usually
run for five years, at b%, and used
jto buy cows, hogs, chickens, seed,
I machinery, fertilizer end farm home
i supplies needed .to get Farmers In
|to production.
On the Farm, education is provid
jed by a County Farm Supervisor and
c Home Management Supervisor, so
| that each family can produce most
I of it's own food and surplus for
sale. The Supervisors show the far
mer and his wife how to raise gar
dens and can enough vegetables and
jfruits to last through the winter,
how to feed and take ca.ro of live
stock, to plant and harvest crops
and to build up soil.
Debt adjustment services are a
valiable to any farmer who is un
able to expand farming operations
because of excessive debts. An ad
justment may consist of reduction of
principle or interest rates, or
merely a plan to spread payments
over a longer period, depending on
the recommendations of the three
local men serving on the F.P.A. com
mittee .
The F.S.i,. also privides funds and
supervision for community and coop
erative services to enable the farm
to produce maximum production for
the War Effort. Group Medical care
plans have been set up in more than
one thousand Counties, with the
cooperation of local Doctors to en
able farm families to keep fit
physically for heavy farm work. Low
s.nnur.l fees are charged that enable
she whole j_,roup to receive care at
crices within their income. The
F.S.A. has loaned $649,664,688 to
980,711 farmers, and 78^ has been
repaid on the principal. One Hund
red forty-five full-time farming
projects are now beinfa served by the
F.S.A." J