Show y YANKS ANKS EAGER TO OPERATE OPERA TE FARMS Applications Pour Into Into pr- pr Offices Of Of- faces of U. U S. S Reclamation Reclamation tion Service By Carolyn Vance Bell N. N E E. E A A. A staff Correspondent WASHINGTON March 8 S Land hunger hunger hunger hun hun- ger has manifested Itself In returned soler sol sol- diers er Over O applications lons have Ve u te teto been made m to the tho United State Stace reclamation service Inc for farms In the Un North Platte and ald hoh Et ho Irrigation projects the projects the only lands t-o t far opened ope for far entry to sere e ice tec men mth This is an encouraging indication that should offset the figures showing tUat ti at ata a large percentage of ot farmers farmers' sons who were nero in the army have refused to go goback goback goback back to the farms The reason these farmer lads refuse to go back on t the th farm says C C. C J. J I Blanchard chief statistician of the reclamation reclamation reclamation mation service Is because they do not I want ant to be mere farm laborers or ten nt farmers Give these men a chance to o m oma owna a farm Carm and the majority of ot them will Jump lump at it With ith the large number of applications and ard the relatively small number er of farms to distribute It will be necessary to conduct conduct con con- duct a lottery for the North Platte and Shoshone farms |