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Show County Meetings Scheduled For Farm dhv,y Di.'.ti id II,' i S.'jg., I',," county age;,!,:; to comjiei,e i.gc I ai i la I j r j i" oi a i: ia v. i . I ia; li:ld throughout. Ui- V; v.iU.iii lh': iiezl, le'.v os.;:;, w.i,:-''.. to (j. Alvin Carpenter, !,. -.i'.ri economist at the l,'t;,)( Slate Agricultural college ;.i,d director of the extension jjllir.c I,'. tii; farm labor program lor thi:-stale. thi:-stale. 'J'he extension Service i.; in charge of recruiting farm workers work-ers this year to help farmer.-; meet the nation's incn.av.'l requirements re-quirements for food and liber. They will be assisted by other cooperating agencies: the schools throughout the state, the United Unit-ed States employment service and the farm security administration. adminis-tration. "The U. S. Crop Corps is the national term used to identify-all identify-all workers on the farm or in food-processing plants," explains Mr. Carpenter. "Farm workers in the U. S. Crop Corps will include in-clude men, women, boys and girls, who work full-time, or part-time, during seasonal or emergency-harvest emergency-harvest periods." Youth volunteering for farm work in the U. S. Crop Corps will be called Victory Farm Volunteers, Volun-teers, which is also affiliated with the high school , Victory Corps sponsored by the office of education, continues Mr. Carpenter. Carpen-ter. "Utah is not mobilizing a Women's Wom-en's Land Army at the present time; however, it is expected that many women and girls wilt volunteer to do many types of seasonal farm work," Mr. Carpenter Carp-enter explains. "In most counties of the state local labor committees have been organized and already have plans under way for taking care of many local labor problems, "Mr. Carpenter says. "The extension service will work through these committees in conducting the farm labor program. These committees represent rep-resent all agencies interested in solving the farm labor problem. In most cases a local farmer is committee chairman. "Sugar company lield men and representatives from canning companies are playing a vital part in labor recruitment. In practically every county school authorities have made a survey of school youths who v. ill be available for farm work during summer months. The extension service contemplates a close working relationship with school authorities in placement of pupils pup-ils on farms." Work groups recruited from the schools for beet thinning and fruit picking will be supervised by older persons, Mr. Carpenter concludes. |