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Show 5urvey Shows .Ample Student Farm Labor Approximately 7870 grade and high school students in Cache county and Logan began their summer vacations Monday, but for many of them the "recess period" only ushered in full time work in the nation's war production effort. ef-fort. Survey results released by the county school board and the Logan Lo-gan office of the United States Employment service indicated that students are planning to take war jobs either in industry or on the farm. Dr. E. Allen Bateman, super- intendent of city school, reported that several high school seniors already are working in Ogden war industries. J. W. Kirkbride, superintendent super-intendent of the county schools, reports that many seniors from North and South Cache are likewise like-wise applying for war jobs. Ira C. Curtis, manager of the Logan office of the employment service announced that 987 boys and 898 girls between the ages of 11 and 18 in both school districts reported in a recent survey that they would be available for full time or part time farm work. Of the 1895 students expressing then- willingness to work on farms, 490 said they were available for full time work 479 for 75 per cent of the time; 429 for 50 per cent of the time and 488 for 25 per cent of the time. The 13 year old students were most willing to work on the farms, the report showed. Signifying willingness wil-lingness to work in the various age brackets were these numbers of students: 107 at 18 years, 199 at 17, 316 at 16, 328 at 15, 336 at 14, 347 at 13 , 223 at 12 and 29 at 11. School officials pointed out that the students would not be able to do many technical tasks on farms, but, under proper supervision, will help relieve the shortage of labor for routine tasks. In reports received so far by the employment service, more students stu-dents are available for almost every type of farm work than have been requested by farmers. (Continued on page Eight) |