Til’ VALLEY SETTLE''1 is published
..•very Friday •y the Mat nr; us lea
Valloy Farmor's & operative
Association at Pr.lrer Alaska.
ling. editor: Laric -ilron
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This paper is us sue cl for the
purpose of giving information and
nov/s of too 1-atamu.ka Valley
Farmers C - operating As rociation's
work, problems, acccinvlislimonts,
and also, -nous- of local and gen
eral interest; and. to foster
the cooperative spirit of the
f armors of the Mat turns ka Valley.
There arc :.iany things to be ccn
s 1Ceved with' the arrival of a
now slanting season. •■•hero is
more land t-o bo clearer’., more
lar e to be plant o'’ ami rare
stock in the Valley. Many
questions arise in the minds of
everyone concerning what to riant
arid v/hnt will bring the best
return. . dicse qr. . rt. 'ns are
always vital ones in any farming
community.
Be assured, our 'Co-op Manager,
Roland Snodgrass, and every
nerbor- of the c«-cp board are
doing'all in tndir power to give
as istar.co and aid in this matter.
Many new markets are urclcr con
sideration and may or may not bo
developed according to the facto
revealing feasibility.
In the mean time there are many
points which must not be over
looked. The stock already here
will demand mere hay and grain
this year. Also, there will bo
the natural increase to bo pro
vided for. It has ceon estimated
that there arc a hundred hogs now
in the valley and. it has also ■ • -
been rcuglifully estimated that
we need approximately three
thousand. The expected increase
in hogs this year sh uld be about
three-hundred, hero hogs and a
reliable kind of barley should
be a dependable crop, and seme
thing to really plan on.
An ther reliable market is the
poultry market. V/o are continual
ly turning away good orders for
eggs so as to supply our steady
customers. The poultry business
should expand to meet the demand
at least.
Then there is the butter fat mark
et. At the present time we can
only sunply Anchorage with half
the demand, to say nothing of
new markets eliewhcrc.
An approximate estimate of sheep
in the valley is one-thousand.
The"expected increase is one
thousand, natural increase and
lost is something no one can
a cturatoly figure >n. Therefore,
those figures are only estimates.
It can be easily seen that the
v Alley needs' more and more stock
to £h?m2sh markets already avail
able, All stock need hay and
grain, this is dependable and It
is up to the farmer to choose
the kind of stock he knows best.
Cther sources -of income will come
steadily and sure.
Therefore, advise from one hay
seed to. another, stick to the
reliable markets, safeguard for a,
hard winter--"but STICK. As the
song says, "hake hay while the
sun shines, we’ll make love when
it rains."
APOLEGY
To the people of the Seventh-Day
A'1 vent Church: Please accept r.ry
humble apology for tho ormission
of ’pur announcement last week.
Tiavii\_ kept the announcement over
o. week, it was carelessly over
looked when.tho time came to
print it. I rm sorry.
The Editor
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