Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-06
HELP NEEDED TO
HARVEST CROPS
Most Grain Growing Nicely
Rain Wanted for Pota-
to and Corn Crops.

Fargo. N. D.. June with all dis
trtcts in North Dakota and Minnesota
looking fne. with q perfect crop stand
and excellent color. crop experts in
the Red River Valley admit that
moisture 10 needed for the thousands
ana Thousands Of acres Of potatoes.
corn and late grain which have been
sown. especially In the. valley. Cool
weather has saved the seed. lss~s
Leslie Weller Of Moorhead, one Of
the best versed men in the United
States on crop conditions, u optimis-
tic 10 statements made this. week re.
garding the crop outlook in the Red
River Valley and other portions Of
Minnesota and North Dakota which
he has covered by automobile. He
admits. however. that rain IL badly
needed in some sections. All North
Dakota, with the exception Of the
eastern half, was visitd by heavy rains
during the middle Of last week. It
was just what the Missouri district Of
the state needed, according to COM
missioner Of Agriculture John Hasens
The rain extended az far east az Bow
bells. Fargo heard the thunder In the
distance. but no moisture fell in this
section. Last year at this time there
was too much moisture.
The labor situation 10 growing moro
acute In North Dakota week by week.
Just last week it was learned that cor
with Indifference on the registration
law. which they considered q direct
slap at labor, and for that a have
been holding all registration literature
from their laborers. Sheriff A. M.
Ross OF Cass county. learning Of this
situation. sent deputies into the rural
districts with printed notices Of .
large size calling attention to the reg
istrauon day features and what was
statement that to take help from them
at this time Of the year would mean
2 tremendous loss. Some of the farm
laborers in North Dakota are getting
two and three dollars a day with
board and lodging.
"The matter Of obtaining labor dur
Ing the harvest season ID q very inn
portant one" said Thomas Cooper
this week. He told Of receiving In
formation from tho war department
which stated that lowing to the de-
pieted state Of u supplies. 1t will not
be practicable to call out the 500, 900
under the provisions Of the act now
under consideration by congress (May
6l). To increase temporarily the MIL
ttary establishment Of the United
States until about September 1. 90
there Will be no appreciable interior
snce with the labor supply Of the
country until that date.
when these mon are called. they
Will have to be continuously trained
with the colors until they are sent
abroad. Az the period Of training be-
fore they are sent abroad viii be ut
the best all too short in justice to
them, 1t must be intensive and contin-
uous. For this reason, I do not think
1t would be profitable at least this
year to furnish soldiers for the pur-
pose suggested in your letter."
It was the labor shortage which
c~onfronts the state Of North Dakota
and the northwest which prompted
Thomas Cooper Of the extension de-
partsnent Of the Agricultural college,
to write to the war department in
hope that soldiers might DO furnished
during the harvest season to farmers
Of the northwssk to assist them nIthe
crop harvest