Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1914-05-29
A CALL FOR 5000 MEN.
A Call For More Hep Going Cut
From the Kansas Farmers.

Estimates from twenty Of the larger
wheat counties of the Seventh con-
gressional district indicate that net
less than 1920 extra harvest hands
will be needed to handle the VIII at
harvest this summer.
The harvest will begin about June
10 in the southern end Of the district,
and will be in full blast by the 10th
OF June throughout the wheat belt.
The need of additional hands to
help in the harvest is acute, especial
ily In the counties further west where
the wheat farms are large, and hands
are scarce. In Reno county, although
there is the largest wheat acIeag
here, there are not so many hands
needed as the farms are smaller and
there are more people siding
here to help in the work.
The Business Mems Association, Of
Larned, has sent cut call for 5000
harvest hands for Pawnee county and
another 1000 for the territory outside
Pawnee adjacent to Larned. This as
ISOLATION will send a man east to get
extra hands and send them on to
Larned.
A meeting of farmers was held at
Larned Saturday afternoon to discus
the harvest help situation, which is a
serious one.
College students have helped lot
IN handling the Kansas whe2t harve-t
IN the past, and the LarR.d club his
sent a special invitation to TIE CO..
leges to send their men to Pawn G
county, promising superior accomnc.
dations.
A. H. Moffet, president of the Lar.
ned club, says the problem Of gettinI
enough hands is more serious this
year than ever before in Pawne
county. The acreage in that county
Is the largest ever known, the per
centage which will be cut Is larger
than ever before, indications are nov
that the average yield will be the
heaviest ever known, and the amourt
Of straw to be handled far greater
than usual. Added to this the supply
Of available harvest hands has been
getting less every year and harder t
get, followed by the enlistment O
many young men in the hope Of wal
has reduced the supply of desirable
idle men to a minimum.
1t is probable the the wages will b
not less than $3.50 this season, anC
many farmers say they will be willin
to pay 50 if the prospect materializes
An average of 20 bushels on tn
2S4,OOO acres sown in Pawnee count
last fall will mean a total of 1854, 00I
! bushels-and 40 bushels would m:a
l11,S6O,OOO.
Barton county has called for $50
extra men. Dodge City reports tina
Ford county will need at least 1000
1 Pratt sends out a call for 5000 mel
and 500 teams.
The Macksville BUSINESS Mems clu
has asked the state agency to suI
that town 500 extra harvest hands
h Rush county, with 211,OOO acres c
wheat, the largest acreage in tn
county's history, is expecting to pr
duce five million bushels this year
and needs 1000 extra hands. Tn
harvest will open there June 20.
THE farmers of this county CT
noted for giving plenty of eats
y the special inducement put cut by tn
u Lacrosse club, in inviting 1000 me,
to Rush county's harvest fife DIS.
II The Million Bushel club, Of Ora
d county, is likely to see its drear
r come true, with about $4,000 acres G
wheat promising an average of
. bushels, of 100000 bushels. Ora
. county will need at least 1000 extr
hands, Cimarron reports. The harves
starts there June Is.
| The following is an estimate of tn
number Of extra men needed in tn
various counties of the Seventh COZ
gressional district wheat belt:
Reno -. -. -. -. -. l,OV
hlce 80. 80. 80. -. $500. I,U'
Barton -. 80. -. .... E. 400
Stafford 80. go. go. ...... 800
Rush 80. 80. 80. 80. .... 4,VO
Pawnee go. .... 80. ...... 300
Edwards .... go. 80. .... :. 1,5(
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