Show SHORTAGE OF LABOR IN GRAIN GROWING REGIONS STILL ACUTE ft M ajl f y t viv v iv t TEY i j i X 3 4 tw I 1 71 ai it cat WN 6 I 1 ii saw ats W V f 3 ai t in iw X T type ype of volunteer shock troops th that at helped the farmer hold the line in with a shortage of farm labor its as acute ute this year as in the critical war ar benr ve r of 1918 threatening a curtailment T of food production on thoi the farms especially cla BY at the trying season of harvesting the unit united d states department ot of agriculture Is endeavoring to stir up tip the interest of city men in ili spending their vacations in the fields particularly as harvest harves t helpers everyone remembers he now famous u shock troops of the war nr years year who went dt into the harvest fields aleid ot of kansas and other large arge 1 wheat producing states stales and lent a hand at gathering in the nations natio ns bread supply apply they included inc men n in many walks of life college students and city nien men including bankers lawyers doctors clerks clerics anti and state and city officials these veterans together with other volunteers to well swell tile the ranks links are urged to mobilize ag again ain this fills henr ear to help relieve the lie present shortage and sn aid in combating high costs of food prod products acts rendered good service in 1918 in ila making this chis appeal it is recognized that hat at the outset nutsu t at least such labor is not as efficient eui effi clent as a experienced farm labor but the excellent results secured in 1918 when lien city men in large numbers came to the aid of afie farmers leave no doubt as to tile suc site es els of the present canvass it if the men it respond tile the present labor shortage lias has arisen in spite of it the fact that farill fann nages figes are 15 to 25 per cent higher than last ear the situation died cannot fall fail to have an unfavorable effect on production according g to observers of ill alie dep department irti nent who are anre watching th the condition closel closely v it will tend they say to prevent any reduction reaction in the prices of farm products while the total acreage undoubtedly lias has been reduced as a result of the present situation it Is not in so large proportion as the reduction in the labor supply because the f farmers r w with th their f families ar nilles exerted themselves to the tit utmost mot to overcome the handicap cultivation this year yar was less intensive than formerly ton more fore land was put into grass z ind and such crops crop as required a in minimum in in u in ot of labor tint and the tilled holds fields consequently suffered grain states need help front from many of the lie harvest centers tire are conling coming appeals for help in some of the big grain producing states of the lie west sach as idaho and nebraska ill the demand for labor fo tor r plant planting ng the crops anti and tent tending bentling ling them was wa s f fairly a y well met harvesting iian asung and thrashing however means more help and it Is tills his that the farmers in these areas are worrying about help inu must st corne come from the cities and it is to arouse tho Inte interest regi of city men and obtain their aid that the department and other agencies ot of tile the government and the states are directing their efforts persons who are del desirous drous of responding sp to tile alie appeal should get in touch alth lit directors of ag agricultural ri cultural extension Z it at tile the colleges in tile the various states these directors are prepared to supply the names of county agents having farmers in their respective counties who ullo need farm labor uy IS tills this means anyone wishing to help can pet get in direct communication with tile the farmer in the grain producing states local employment headquarters hoad quarters are established at various rious centers |