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Show ! . ALL MEN SHOULD HELP ON FARM THIS SUMMER U , Tlio Utah ..Agricultural Collcgo Is, I- ' . getting Bquarely behind 'tha moves' move-s' mentof the U. S. ' impairment of AgriculturV aimed to gothlgh Bchool & unci college students t' and business I men to upend at least pari of tin? "I rimilng suh'mier In farm work to rc-( rc-( I 1U-V4! the shortage of farm lahor, ac-"L ac-"L "" cmiJlDE to' in a'n'noTuiceincnt Just' 'jS'jV made by President 13. G. Peterson. JlBl' "A nation wlda appeal Is being MS " . Bent out to encourago high school HH k and college Rtudonta and buslncsi Vm j '"''" to npend at, least part of the Vif Bununer, If possible, In farm work," I. Bays President Peterson. "The prsT-cut prsT-cut shortage of farm labor Is estimated estim-ated nt IB per cent over last yoar s i and. 72 per cdnt of normal. The 1 present shortage of many Important . londs renders especially urgent tin appeal which Is now made. Tho farm bureaus throughout Utah and tho county agents will bo In a position to serre as agencies for tho placing of all the labor available." Urbvw President Pctorson suggests that B i oacu county tako up tho matter thus HE,'; .early In order that no opportunity nm-'k may be missed, for utilizing every Bj available courso of labor during tho HB& ' ju'comlng summer. H$( Tho prtwH' prices for inrm-'pro-' iBf ' rfductb nri cuch piatjU vlll;bo serious mM ftmlslurtuno If jthe',Utah .farmer's 'nr- jB,??- (denied, through 'lack .of BUffl'clcnt, ('" help, thn opportunity tb'lncre(i'so. n3 kH '' ' 'V1 tL SUM . they, will" it. properly aided,,, tltft MM wealth' aprf, prosperity of thq'. , eft jo HmR '1's ycnr Hlf ". 'X eofitrlbutlontlto the prosperity HPtA) Vof thd farmer U nmcantf of nldln: BuJs ' fif1'6 on,'ro 8nto. As tfie farmer pros- Mflll' - pern so do wo all. iHU )''' i l. ' Tho Secretary of-agriculture, Hon, NBX'J ; ' HEj r' ' " ' ' ' i V, T. Meredith in rcquestlns ihi Utah Agricultural Collego to inaugurate inaug-urate tho movomont In Utah maklnj j tills appeal though tho Utah Agricultural Agricul-tural College, In part: "Tho farmers and their" families arc doing their utmoDt to keep production, pro-duction, but they cannot becure tho hired help that they formerly haVJ had. In cdnsoquonco tho food supply sup-ply may bo measurably reduced unless un-less assistance Is .given, If, 'wltbli tho next fortnight4 tho business men and students of (ho country will do-claro do-claro their readiness, to aid during tho coming summer, farmers will be more likely to make normal plant-, ings. t "Of courso one with littlo or nj farm oxpcrlcnco should not expect to earn as much nt first as a seasoned farm hand, but In a fow weeks practically prac-tically all 'men and boys who nro adaptable alert and strong should be able to earn good wages In th? harvest field, Tho demand far farm labor has brought about a considerable consider-able increase in tho level Of farm wages. This increase, however, docs not pormlt tho farmer employer to compete on equal terms with many industries, but tho studont shouM remember that ho is In a position it savo a larger proportion of his wages wag-es in the country than In the city. At the samp time ho will httvo had an experience both broadening and wholesome. "Unquestionably there Is suftlclCM' man power in tho schools and cttlts, to rcllovo tho farm labor situation this' Bummer, I' bellcvo tho men wjll respond when thoy learn conditions and so afford another practical dom- , ," i ohsfratlon of the' neighborly and co-opflrotlyo co-opflrotlyo splHt which characrlzc-l tho coiln'lvys war efforts. "Many students havo relatives r , frlnuVs In' tho 'country to whom the I ' -i. -p e - i cnir offer "(hejr services. Others, Interested In-terested should write life director or agricultural oxteplpnjpt ..their atato ngrlcu)turai colleges '"stating "their ,'' i - '. ''.'' ( qualifications, tho time, when the can go to work, utc. Tho director will put thorn in touch with county agents who know- farmers In need most here. |