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Show Pennsylvania Expects 85,000 Back to Farms If only those members of farm families and hired hands who left the farm during the war years return re-turn to Pennsylvania's farms, it will mean a migration of 85.000 persons, per-sons, according to statistics compiled com-piled by Earle L. Moffitt, extension farm management specialist at the Pennsylvania state college. In computing what opportunities the state offers to returning servicemen service-men and war workers interested in farming, Moffitt contends a large factor is represented by those returning re-turning to the farms. In his figure of 85,000 he included all those young men and women in farm families who entered military service, as well as those that left agriculture to enter war Industries. He also included in-cluded the large number of hired hands, many of whom resided right on the farms where they worked. "It will be difficult to estimate just how many will return to agriculture," agri-culture," said Moffitt. He explained that many farm-reared persons may not immediately go back to the farms, as the result of experiences gained during the wartime years. He also indicated that any analysis of the return to agricultural pursuits pur-suits may require several years the length of time necessary to determine which individuals have quit farming for their new interests. All these figures, he indicates, are based on the number of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania residents occupied in farming before the war, rather ; than any estimate of how many can profitably depend on farming for a career. He also revealed that more and more returning veterans are utilizing the assistance of county advisory committees. |