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CO-OP V. \Y7S NOTES
At the last regular meeting of
the Co-op board of d?".roctors,
Mr. Sheely and . r. C r;ard came
in and discussed, the budget that
was ubrcitted to Washington.
Several of the board members
expressed themselves as not. being
in accord with, the statements in
the budget. the next meeting
will be^h.old Monday Sept. 25.
The demand for bunch vegotrblcs
is f lling off some from the peak
which has just passed. Head
lettuce is continuing to novo
well, c .tug to a short crop out
side and no crop at all in
'Fairbanks, 'To difficulty is ex
pect'd in mark ti practic ljLy.
ell the crop if quality can be
mdlrtttin d and harvest prolonged
t o p r c v ont du. ing.
Eg" and crcrm pi* 1 cor. have both
advanced due to outnode markets
be cot. ing stronger.
Prospects for better potato
pr r: s • -■ Lr>lpated5 also for
other so crap: er cor. c-.ur.ee bp
.the war sc-.re pins short - eve us
out , fv/Sd LO NOT
IN Pi 1ATQ S . "i CPI AH : ON IIPE>
They v.'ill r ot keep and c n not
be sold m number ones.
YJe receive each week the Daily
Produce Hews which not onl- gives
prices of all kinds of products
but also indie .too crop prospects.
If you ire interested ask at the
Co*-op office to see thorn.
Storage in the new storage plant
will smart as soon as material
See rage 2
PICTURES PR Oil THE AIR
A short t?.me ago members o-- the
Land-Use Sv'vey party announced
that the work on soil and vege
tative cover would be aided by
aerial photography and at that
tine a contract had been let for
a c r i a 1 t r ms p or t a t i on.
To date. Pilot Bob Re^vo has com
pleted 300 square n les of strip
flying over the Matanuska V'lley
for K.S.hclaom and photographer
S.Jolcenon.
According to lie Is on approximately
200 square miles of land is yet
to be flown.
; 50-mile cross wind made precis -
n in the flight xtrom 1; dif
ficult • It is necessary to attain
a 15,000 foot altitude before
t king these.pictures, which re
quired 45 minutes climbing.
B-'-ilIT'S FOR Cri : i 1! Ii'iU
A3.1 those having )cots Tor the
cannery should deliver them on or
.before Wednesday Sept. 27,. For
the benefit of those who hove'not
yet brought in boots, one-heIf
inch of tbps should bo left on.
Boots which show white rings or
zonning when the root is cut with
ci knifo r.ro not suitable for
coir orcial canning purpose: .
fuel, boots should be culled, out
if possible. Also, beets which
have gone to -seed become hard and
tough and are likewise of Inferior
quiaity. -Owen J,Jones
(eanneryman )