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Show UTAH REQUESTS OUTSIDE LABOR Farm labor surveys indicate that there will be enough local labor to do 95 percent of all the farm work in Utah in 19-16, accord-in accord-in to Morris Taylor, Logan, Emergency Emer-gency Farm Labor director for the state. The Extension Farm Labor program pro-gram will emphasize the recruiting recruit-ing of local labor this year, said Mr. Taylor. Mexican Nationals and prisoners of war will be available avail-able to supplement local labor. Utah has requested 1200 prisoners pris-oners of war and 1800 Mexican Nationals. Allocations of both prisoners of war and Mexican Nationals will be made in a few days. In order to obtain labor for sugar sug-ar beets this year, Mr. Taylor advises ad-vises growers to decide how many acres they can grow this year and sign their contracts at once. The next step, according to Taylor, is to make their needs know immediately imme-diately to their county labor committee. com-mittee. 'As farmers generally know, we work through these county labor committees, who have to make an estimate of their needs and assume as-sume certain obligations toward this labor, but if we don't know how many acres of beets or other crops are going to be planted, these committees can't make their committments." |