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Show LOCAL BUSINESS MEN AND FARMERS LEARN Co-Operation and Sympathetic Understanding Established. Especially Helpful In Providing Har. veet Labor Needed In Constantly Enlarged Agricultural Program In All Sections. (Prepared by the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) One of the greatest achievements of the farm labor activities conducted hy the United States depnrtmcnt of agriculture agri-culture during the pits) year in farming farm-ing sections all over the country when-labor when-labor was needed, wbh the fftlMlth-merit fftlMlth-merit of oordlal co-opcrntlon iind syin-pathetic syin-pathetic understanding between farmers farm-ers and local business men, depart-ment depart-ment specialists state. Aa a result of this co-operation crop have been harvested by aid of the business men from cities and towns in hundreds of localities where large losses would undoubtedly have refill ed from luck of labor. About 35,000 town and city dwellers helped harvest fcJ'.' ', Lexington (Ky.) Volunteer Wheat Threshers. In Kansas. ir,000 in NebrakRa, 20.0U0 In Oregon, 10,000 In Missouri, 12,000 In Indiana, 25,000 In Illinois, and proportionate propor-tionate numbers in practically all other oth-er states. The furiner has thus learned thnt local town and city folks can assist as-sist greatly In this emergency work and has come to look with favor upon their co-operation. The effect has been to bring farmer and town resident Into more cordial relations. The results achieved along this line are especially helpful toward providing provid-ing the harvest labor needed In a con otantly enlarging agricultural program. pro-gram. Too much emphasis. It is be-. be-. lleved, cannot be placed on the phase of the movement that has to do with bringing Into close co-operation and alignment all the forces which have more or less to do with the labor problem prob-lem and framing n program that will ellmlnnte as far as possible the loss due to having an ejversupply of labor at certain places and shortage nt others, oth-ers, and that will make possible the use of all the local labor to the fullest extent and thus save transportation of workers from distant nrens and necessary neces-sary loss of time occasioned in such travel. The success In dealing with the farm lubor situation during the past year Is thought to Justify confidence in meeting any situation that may develop de-velop In 1010. |