Show Train Yanks Ex-Yanks to Operate Farm Tractors Former Fortner Service Men Ien Become c Skilled Mechanics l or Re Re- ReFormer Repairmen p b h New C Course Even Eyell When Minus linus Hand or Foot root A new and important addition to tho tha tabor 10 supply In the tho field of ot tractor trac- trac lor tor is on the wa way v to 51 sis sic t moans ns of or relief for the thc service sun responsibilities c of at the tractor dealer IsH is H likewise in immediate prospect Uncle title Sam li In ting and trainIng training train train- Ing disabled bletl soldiers a ai as farm Carm mcchan- mcchan ic ics And farm arm mechanics for all aU its breadth o of application means as tho the I federal officials sense It pro eminent i ly tractor operators nn and tractor repairmen repair repair- mon men Uncle Sam Sann has demonstrated to his own satisfaction that a man even cn though h lacking nl the use uso of or one hand han or orone orone orone one leg lOa may with proper training qualify p ns ss an nn Ideal idsal farm mechanic and hence plans are pushing ahead to mobilize lIzo lize n. n force orce o or of specialists who vho will betho be betho betho tho best paid men on the tle farms be Lc came ca a ie the they writ will be the he most valuable men nten n In n 1 the Iho farm arm crews The he Juiciest interest t an and activity of or the na- na go government eminent in this constructive to a 5 expressed through the tho I Ml deral al o of vocational c education tle l U i primary prima responsibility of or which JI jest st now ow is to fit jt to earn carn a l livelihood the iho returned sol soldiers ers and amI sailors who as v result o 0 of the toll of or war var are disqualified dis dis- 13 Q qualified U for or tho lions that they formerly followed Federal Hoard Not ot lo to Conduct School Tho 1100 fe federal e-al e 1 board oar It should bo be added added add add- ed cd Is la not to conduct as some some persons have 1 supposed the educational institutions institutions institutions that will Sll train tram the iho reconstructed recon soldiers an as experts in power farming That rInat will be left to state stalo agricultural colleges established tractor tractor tractor trac trac- t tor schools etc nut Cut tho the federal board I will recruit the tho farm arm mechanics mechanics' prospects pros pros- pros prospects p will formulate to lO some extent the tho standard courses of or instructions to tobe tobo bo ho followed and will wUl in a sense supervise su- su pcr ise tho the education o of tho men then From Worn tho the standpoint of or the well being being be hc- I In ing of or the tho tractor In industry one of or the thc most JOost gratifying and encouraging features fea ca- ca lures tures of ot this project for up lit an organization of ot skilled d mechanics uti tlc the farms Is tho the manner r in which Undo t Sl Sam l has lias been literally push pushed cd into it it With a view to affording every cr op opportunity opportunity op- op to disabled soldiers tailors tailors tailors' I and n marines m to find Ind themselves the I federal board for vocational education lo 1 I la is working in close operation co-operation with I the office of or the surgeon general of the war a I department an and the bureau cau o of I nc ln end cind surgery er of or tho rho navy de- de de deI de The Tae 1 policy I Is to allow no dl disabled man to leave the hospital until I c everything possible has been done dono to restore him to physical health and strength but It Is in sought Fought ou ht to ti utilize the period o of convalescence con to lo familiarize c tho patient with wilh all the thc avenues s o of profitable and congenial employment that will be bo open ollen to him when he again strikes out for Cor himself Interested In Form Tarm Mechanic Work orl In the canvass H S of the thc men in the fire hospitals an and r rest t camps it has been no surprise that bO boys boy 3 i leare reared cared on the lie I farms arms or whose war c experience was Inan in inan inan an Automotive c sphere c ha displayed keen Icen Interest in the farm tarm mechanics program What hOlt has proven Impressive sive sivo is tho the proportion of or sol soldiers lers and sailors without special v hoso Interest has lias been focus focused c l Ii In fn this quarter cr One ox explanation vouch vouch- vouchsafed by tho the officials Is that there wore were In In Inthe the tho army man many men o of mechanical me me- mechanical l bent who did ld not have an opportunity to work at It during the war nr that tho the very vory considerable consid consid- erable number of ot men who as a re result result result re- re sult of or their war experience want Jobs in tho the open favor the farm mechanic mechanic me me- proposal Undo Uncle Sam In to n hl his j new role of ot Instructor Instructor in instructor In- In In farm mechanic mechanics will not tell teU the tho graduates what pay they should receive on tho farms Carrns nor will willI willlie I he lie aa attempt to dictate to farmers or ranchers what hat wage they should pay Tho The officials who are directing the project tell privately however that thal they feel Ceel that a competent farm mechanic mechanic me me- should bo ho worth anywhere hore inthe in inthe the country countr a Wn wage sage c of or not less than I 75 po per por month with keep it If unmarried or with a n. tenant Aar garden en plot an and milk If It married Tire Tho skilled I farm mechanic or tra tractor tor specialist should be bo the best host pal paid man on the tho farm tarm because the most valuable even en If ho hc I Is a 1 cripple was the tho remark made In this connection 1 by 1 one of or the th themen men at lt thin the helm helm On the other hand In oj ardor lor to make tho farm mechanic contented c with his lot it will v bo be pointed point point- ed out ont to young youn men who tal take c th the training that a n. month with a r. house houM garden g rent free rec exceeds In net act nett t much larger Sarger Income in the tho city I |