The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-08
FROM HARVEST HANDS.
Demand for Help SuppIied-Harvest
Is Delayed.

According to the postal card replies
received from a large number of the
/ harvest hands sent out by the Topeka
free employment agency, there is no
lack of harvest hands in most of the
harvest points in the wheat belt which
have been supplied from Topeka
All the men report heavy rains, and
some say that hail and rain together
have greatly damaged the crop.
| The postal card system of reports
is being tried for the first time this
season, and is giving good results.
The following are some of the replies
peka employment agent:
| N s Wooden, Scottsville, Kas.,
July 3; Ground very wet. Machines
will begin to run about 4th or 5th if
| 1T does not rain any more. Wheat will
make 20 bushels or more per acre.
Plenty of men here to do the work.
Wages 81, for man and team So per
day.
sam1 Hemphill. MacksviIle. July 8:
Harvest began the 29th. Wheat is
good. Demand for hands is supplied
r. F. BIakely, ST John, Kas., July
g. We have 50 jobs here as pitchers
like pigs and sleep still better. Lots
to eat and plenty of work. Fine folks
here.
w. n. WINNER, Wilson, Kas., July
3: Found work here at $3.50. Plenty
of men here to handle crop. Harvest
will be over about July 1915. Wet
weather hindering sosne;
G. M. Stout, Ellis, Kas., July /:
Harvest a little late here. Hail has
done some damage. Wages 81 to
$3.50. Plenty of work or all who
want to come.
w. H. Davis. Great Bend, June %:
Wheat is good here and we all have
places at $3.50 a day.
F. L Davis, Larned, Kas., July z:
Find work a little slack on account of
rains. Town is full of men. Work is
plenty if it dries up.
Andrew Anderson, ,Hoisington, Kas.,
July 4: Wheat will make good crop;
injured by hail in some localities.
More hands than wanted here.
j. b. linn, Mcpherson, July s:
Nothing doing here on account of
rain Wheat is spelling very fast now.
Inc men have nearly all left here,
Farmers Will not take the men out
because they can't work, and won't
board them for fear of total loss of
crop.
L. A. stone. Wilson. Kan. july I:
Rain is hindering some but many are
cutting. Plenty of men here. Wages
are $3.50 for good pitchers, and So to
$50 for good stackers. Wheat is good.
Harvest is on. This is the section that
the hail hit. Wheat will average about
Is bushels. Plenty of hands
F. w: Anderson, Larned, July 2: Rain
delayed harvest. No hail in this vicin-
ity, but considerable damage further
north. Wheat will be rs per cent of full
crop.
st. John, Kan, July 4: Wages here 81
for pitchers and SO for stackers: limit
ed number of men may find York here
yet.
1. c. Haywood, Clay Center. July 8:
Rainy weather, lots of wheat and corn
hurt. Help is in good demand. Two
dollars a day for good men. Wheat will
make about 20 bushels to the acre. Oats
are good in places.
w. E. Kelley, Lyons, Kan, June g:
Good jobs here at 81 per day. Wheat
looks good. Considerable rain here.
Joseph Young, Hillsboro, June IS:
Rain has spoiled prospects for big crop.
If it keeps on, crop will be ruined.
A. G. Hawk, Hays City, June %:
Harvest will not open for ten days.
Hands are plentiful.
Andrew Bruenes, Ellinwood. June %:
Heavy rain and some hail here. Wheat
looks good, but green in spots.
y. c. H. Great Bend, June 80: The
town of Great Bend is overrun with
harvest hands.
Frank Holland, Great Bend June 80:
Work is very backward on account of
weather. Wages from 81 to So per day,
and higher for skilled stackers. They
o. L. Miller, Minneapolis, Kan, July
5: More men than wanted here for the
harvest. Rains have fallen almost
daily keeping back the harvest. The
wheat here is immense. yiel< will be
from 80 to IS bushels per acre.
w. l.. Collins, Bushton, Rice county.
June Is: Harvest viii begin July or
5. Delay caused by rains. Plenty of
labor. They are paying 81 day.
The following brief and expressive
missive comes from chap signing
himself Mr.. Lee Harrison"
Partridge, Kan, Sir: Nothing doing
Yours"