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Show T&-- immense-road program through out the state and county will cill for many men who formerly sought the farmers for employment, and Hie wages offered bv the state and county will almost make It prohibitive for the farmers to hire help. The boy who left the farms for military service," states Mr. Thomas, "are returning to their jobs, but the number that havo returned is only a drop In the bucket to what will be needed, and the number is not great enough to carry oji the work without employing outside help. "All" of the experienced hands havo j not returned, and their places must be taken by men whose experience consists of training in other lines, thus handicapping the farmers It is a question whether this labor can be obtained this year. :,The county commissioners, hare Increased In-creased the rate of pay of teamsters with their teams $1 per day. ThlB makes it almost prohibitive," accord-inn accord-inn tn Mr. Thomas, "for the farmer to hire that kind of help " |