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Show TOWN ORGANIZATIONS JOIN WITH OTHER AGENCIES IN HUNT FOR HARVEST HANDS i., JLiJ!ui&..t:' &t liai-j t&tt. -a-l &,-iBr.j Harvesting Grain With Self-Binder City People With Farm Experience Are Called Upon to Help Farmers in This Sort of Work. Prepared by the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) To find workers with farm experience experi-ence to help farmers harvest the wheat crop town organizations, including in-cluding in many cases those which so successfully conducted the third Liberty Lib-erty Loan and the second Red Cross campaigns, are now uniting their efforts. ef-forts. If the wheat Is to be saved, and other oth-er needed farm work done, there must be closer co-operation between the town and country. Nonessential industries indus-tries must permit their employees, who have had farm experience, to go to the country and help during the harvest har-vest season. Spend Vacation on Farm. Commercial organizations should secure se-cure pledges from men who are willing to devote a few days or weeks of their vacation In the harvest fields, and should see that these men are placed when and where they are most needed. City Y. M. C. A.'s, athletic clubs and country clubs should open their doors to these men and give them an opportunity oppor-tunity to take physical exercise that will prepare them for labor in the fields. And women's organizations should volunteer to go to the country and help prepare meals for the army of harvest laborers, and in other ways lighten the tasks of their rural cousins. cous-ins. The plan which is to be followed Is to bring about co-ordination of effort on the part of every agency engaged In securing farm labor. At a meeting held In Kansas City recently, which was the first of a series planned by the department of agriculture, a committee com-mittee was appointed to formulate plans and policies for the organization of the various forces In the state so that the needs of the farmers may be met in an adequate way. It is recognized that many men now In offices, stores and banks and engaged en-gaged In other city work would in their present condition be unable to go Into the fields and withstand severe se-vere labor. It was therefore proposed and arrangements were made at the Kansas City conference for all such men who register for farm work to take a special course In training under the direction of the Kansas City Athletic Ath-letic club. Here Is an opportunity for similar clubs, T. M. C. A. and country coun-try clubs of other cities to render definite defi-nite service In connection with the farm-labor problem. Prepare Meals for Workers. When this army of harvest laborers Is taken from the cities to the harvest fields a large additional force will he needed In the farm homes to prepare meals for them. It is estimated that In Kansas alone 80,000 men will be taken to the harvest fields. With this In mind It was recommended at the Kansas City conference that a campaign cam-paign be waged to enlist women of the villages, towns and cities to go to the country and assist the farm women in their work as men are assisting the farmers. It was felt by all that It would be possible to secure the services serv-ices of many thousands of women to assist In this big work. In many instances in-stances there are school boys unable to pitch wheat, who could be used to peel potatoes, carry water, wash dishes and help in other ways, and It was planned to enlist a large number of such boys to assist in this work. |