Show farm labor shortage still acute in iron county I 1 the farm labor shortage in iron county remains very acute approximately sixty acres of bunch carrots remain to be harvested during the month in addition to twelve hu hundred nd acres of potatoes and ten acres of cabbage these specialized row iov crops require an unusually large a mount of labor just at this time of the year and there is no safe way of postponing the accomplishment of this work since the weather man will not promise to postpone killing frost dates time is the essential element in the harvesting program of these crops it is so precious that one not one hour can possibly be lost without endangering severe crop loss the harvesting ol of these intensive crops must all be accomplished in addition to the regular labor required on general farms and livestock ranches of the county it is imperative that all available farm labor man power be utilized to the fullest and most efficient extent possible during this month of october Oc toper it is hoped that school students who have a two or three day vacation this week due to convention in salt lake city will assist farmers in the gathering and marketing of crops all adult men and women who can spare one day or more for this work should do so in the interest of saving valuable crops that may otherwise be lost because of adverse weather conditions and the labor shortage the peak of farm labor shortage is being resized at this time and there tore fote the cooperative effort of the entire e population of the county is required if serious crop damage is to be averted eighteen additional mexican nationals were brought into the county to assist co in harvesting its potato crop this im port of far m labor from outside upside 0 iron county is only done because local labor is not available the farmers throughout the county prefer local help to any outside labor they can get and as fast a as local labor becomes available farm labor that has been imported from the outside will be released to make way for our home people |