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Show Approved Method Given For Holding Labor '"Farm Labor: How to Get it and Keep It," is the subject of a bulletin issued this week by the Utah Extension Service, and prepared by G. Alvin Carpenter, supervisor of the state emergency farm labor program. . ' 'First of all, Supervisor Carpenter Carp-enter advocates making indivd-ual indivd-ual arrangements for the obtaining obtain-ing of labor, writing to those who worked for you in past years, utilizing all family labor, and adopting every possible labor-saving labor-saving device. Organize your neighborhood; work together, he advises. Talk over labor problems prob-lems with neighbors, and take ' initiative in organizing haying I crews, threshing rings, etc. and promote the exchange of labor,-machinery labor,-machinery and equipment. Support your county .... labor committee an,d your county agent. Place requests for help early, being as definite as possi- j ble; do not ask for more help than "absolutely necessary, and j dispose of excess labor supplies; j keep In touch with county labor, needs; abide by the wage scale for different tasks in your locality, lo-cality, and do not "pirate" labor by offering higher! wages than your neighbors, . Offer; attend labor meetings and serve on committees com-mittees when asked to do so The labor head warns that It will be necessary to employ some inexperienced help. Selective service has taken many farm boys, but they will be partially replaced by Mexican nationals, prisoners of war, soldiers and Japanese evacuees. The principal princi-pal sources of supply will be teen-age youth and women from towns and cities, and these workers work-ers will need training and proper treatment, but will -prove of value this season. Train and supervise help carefully, care-fully, by explaining the work, demonstrating steps, having the worker do the job and explain it back to you, correcting mistakes, and working inexperienced help in small crews. If prop'erly trained train-ed and supervised, inexperienced workers will "deliver the goods" states Mr. Carpenter. Treat help with consideration by making them feel at home, having a definite understanding of wages and hours, parcelling out. work to those who can best do it, organizing recreation, praising . good work, making available all necessary . equipment equip-ment such'- as - boxes, ladders, buckets and bags, providing plenty of drinking- water, keep-, ing first-aid equipment on hand, employing workers continuously, and providing adequate; housing. |
