Show HARVEST WAR G H P OF APPLES it will equal two bushels for everyman everyman woman and child in we th e land STAPLE mus FOODS TO motta this year ls Is eat an apple and send a Bl biscuit lin unusual usual need for handling crop may Bs be short of help k the united states As Is bout about bohaj to harvest ve it its groat great war N nr crop of apples it equals ails two bushels to every man woman and child in the country jn in order to send as much staple food as possible vie to our fighting allies Affie americans rIcans are urged to use its as many apples as possible the motto this year Is 1111 FA bat in an apple and send a biscuit war conditions also confront the apple growers for there ts Is a scar scarcity eliy of pickers and careful preparations must now be made to see thit that this I 1 crop is till all safely harvested and put i into storage now Is trie time to be bc i gin organizing picking creys crews in everyn apple growing section of off the situation shows that the farmer will need operation cooperation co from business men in the towns and cities round about at which he trades and which have just as great in trite interest r est in this crop as aa the farmer himself this Is emergency organization work to be taken up immediately by chambers es of commerce boards of trade state and county councils of defense and busten bustness businessmen ness im men en generally the labor supply to harvest this crop exists right in the cities adjacent to the apple orchards in most cases but the draft and demands bf fa factories C and railroads for labor have disturbed the normal supply of workers upon which tile the farmer usually draws and it Is necessary to recruit new ew kinds of workers people who have never regarded themselves as apple pickers may thy athly year be asked to go to the orchards archard and help get in the crop for patriotic reasons the organization work should take the form of an immediate survey of labor resources to see seb where a picking force Is to be recruited stores and factories can often release clerks and workmen for this service sen ice if notified in time families who would like a week or two of vacation in the country with light healthy outdoor work nt lit satisfactory wages may also lie be induced induce d to loin join the picking army it has been suggested gest ed that the schools might be opened later this year so that boys and girls can be sent to the orchards but this will not be necessary in all cases one ver very y good source of pickers can call be fou found not among the organizations of this country much Is heard about the scarcity of labor but there Is not as great a scarcity as most people imagine workers upon whom the farmer depends in ordinary timeo have simply been shifted I 1 nto into other occupations and war conditions t demand that business men step in locate other classes of workers 7 saho he can be shifted to the orchards for this emergency andlee and see that the farin farmer e r aas plenty of help the principles of careful fruit picking are very simple and easily understood if the farmer can start with two or three experienced pickers and spend a little time explaining goo good d picking methods to his volunteers he should get excellent results for these volunteers ers while new to the work will also 1 l be people of good average intelligence and the war emergency will appeal to their interest so that they will be more than ready to help harvest the crop I 1 wilfully skillfully appl growers are advised to get in touch pith ith the business organizations in thai nearest town ask ash that help be given in securing pickers lind and report the number of pickers needed by themselves one of the grea greatest fest difficulties in III organizing harvest hands for ully any CF crop op la Is that of gathering accurate information as to how many helpers are needed oneace on each farm and in e tich each i township for lack of such information nf orma it lery ery often liap happens liappess pens iliae ahat one tow toi ashl i will be handicapped because it Is virt sufficient tent helpers and a township towns twenty five or thirty miles away will have a surplus of workers by in advance just how wilily wor workers Iverd will le rt needed efad in each locality bu X ness organizations will be able to recruit a sufficient force aric and there will be neither scarcity nor surplus in any section this years apple crop calls for special methods of handling the alze of the arop makes le necessary to send honl the first class fruit to market and to 8 E that all seconds and culls are sold in bulk around home or worked up into products byproducts by there must be great care to see that apples are not eap exp exposed aged to io the heat or outdoors after picking but are are properly housed in temporary storage places on OB the farm and caie carefully fully cooled the scarcity ot of pickers will probably make lt it necessary to pick and house the oe crop first and grade and pock t erwa ads full ful k directions for handling the ahe fruit will be published later the krent great big task immediately head ahead 13 3 that of securing a picking tone force and in this work tile the business man ind he e farmer are operating cooperating co to tin nn extent aeter known before this is a war crop it will be harvested with a war hur organization |