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Show WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE f- - IS DOING FARM WOR KOPEN l'OIl SOLDIERS According to specialists of tho Unlted.States Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture identified with placing dlBcharg- i , ed soldiers in agricultural work, Georgia, Michigan, Montana, Iowa, Idaho, Virginia, Kansas and Missouri all nrbin need of skilled farm labdr, Conditions at tho army camps whero tho men aro discharged show a sur-plus sur-plus of opportunities for profitable work and a deficit of laborers. In a L. ward, there are more farra Jobs at I present than there are men. to fill them, At Camp Upton llttlo infor-atiou infor-atiou was available on farming opportunities op-portunities In tho New England Btates However, through tho activities of tho v state, and, federal departmonts of Agi rlculturo and tho county agents com-plote com-plote Information Is now available. The, county agents not only securo information in-formation about farm labor situations situa-tions but they also assist soldiers In gottlng started right in now communities. commun-ities. If thero is any question about tho Job being still open, tho authorities authori-ties will either tolegrnpH or telephone for tho applicant and obtain definite up to tho lnlnuto Information. At this writing farm work is avallablo for all discharged soldiers experienced experienc-ed In country life. DIG WEEK IN ROAD WORK In the week ended April 12 Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania state highway officials awarded aw-arded road building contracts totaling total-ing 12,034,378 according to messages messag-es 'to tho Bureau of Public Roads,' United States Department of Agriculture Agri-culture .which administers the federal feder-al aid road act. This figuro is believed be-lieved to represent tho greatest amount of road work formally contracted con-tracted for In one week by any stato, and is regarded as an lndlactlon of the forco tnat will bo put behind highway construction now that Am-' ericans aro turning from tho world war to resume tho Interior develop-) niont of this country. Of tho Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania contracts mentioned, tho federal government, under tho fedor- j alald act, is to pay$pll,407. A bond lssuo of So'0,000,000 for road building was rccontly authorized in Pennsylvania. j I'IjAKK ENOUGH BEER CORN Tho advlco about "Plant one kernel ker-nel for tho blackbird, one korncl for tho crow, one for the cutworm, and two to grow," 1b just as appropriate approp-riate now as over. It Is novor advisable ad-visable to plan weak eocd and It is tbV height or folly to attempt to aims (or' tho weakaaa of Tho ee4 ' by planting a superabundance, as, Irrespective Ir-respective of other conditions, weak seed will produce only low-yielding plants. For good harvests It is essential es-sential to plant vigorous seed of acclimated ac-climated and well known varieties. Tzperts of tho United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture recommend planting the best quality seed a little thicker than the stand desired In order or-der to provide' against unfavorable conditions. If these unfavorable conditions con-ditions do .notarise, It Is easier to remove re-move a few stalks from tho growing crop than It la to replant, which always al-ways produces late matuilng, unprofitable unprof-itable plnnts. "Plant sufficient seed to securo a good stand," Bay tho federal fed-eral specialists, "as it Is more practicable prac-ticable and profitable to thin a thick stand of corn than to icplant a tfntchy, spotted field." With gpod seed nnd good soil conditions nbout four kernels should be planted for every three stalks desired. |