Show Gangs of German Prisoners Harvest Crops of France J I IMen Men Paid 10 a Month in Experiment Experiment Experiment Ex Ex- Ex- Ex Said to Have v Proved Successful July 31 The The experimental expert expert- O ORLEANS mental ue use of Gorman German prison- prison war ers as harvesters has begun here in the old province of or Orleans It ma may solve the question cf of the harvest cst wl without hout the tho return of or the soldiers at the front Two hundred G Germans who were vero captured at Carency and sent to tho the prison camp at Issoudun were transferred to Malesherbes and there In groups of or twenty sent to the tho different communes that have ha applied to to the authorities for farm help Each detachment Is placed under the supervision cf ef tho the mayor maor of ot the commune acting for forthe forthe forthe the military authorities and is subject to the same discipline as in camp The men are to bo be paid at the rate of or about 10 per month In addition to their board and lodging directly b by those thoM who employ thi Thus far tar the experiment has de developed de- de n no difficulties and anti if It It continues to prove successful other convoys con of ot each will be sent to other farming cent centers rs The Thu present harvest outlook Inthe Inthe in the tho great wheat country of or the Beauce surpasses all aU previous pre ex expectations expectations ex- ex as to yield and quality |