Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-07-17


| labor savers over the old type com,
bine which required from Is to q
men.
City People Sign Pledges for Farm
Work
Nine hundred experienced men
were placed in regular farm work
in one month this spring in Ohio
largely through the efforts Of the
farm-help specialties Of the E. S
Department Of Agriculture. Re
cords Of a similar nature are being
made in other States where special
efforts have been made to bring
about close cooperation between
the town and country. For this
. purpose pledges are being secured
IN each town. city and village from
men who have had previous farm
experience, to devote few DAYS or
weeks of their time to harvest work
! during the coming season if their
services should be needed. Farm
help specialists in Kansas have
secured pledges of this kind from
10000 city residents who have
promised to devote two to fifteen
days of their time to harvest work
this summer. Similar results have
been obtained in Indiana, Illinois.
North Dakota, South Dakota, Penn
Sylvania, Georgia and Kentucky.
Campaigns are either in active pro-
gress or are being planned in every
State.
Farm-LabOr Meeting in Portland
Means of securing helpers to
harvest the wheat and fruit crops
IN the Northwestern States have
been worked out at meeting in
Portland, Oregon, which was the
second of series of farm-labor
meetings called by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The meeting was attended by re-
representatives. of the State Councils
of Defense, State Departments of
Labor and various city organiza-
tons. Prof. G. I. Christie, Assist
ant to the Secretary, and DR.. E. V. |
Wilcox, of the Office of Farm
Management, were the representa-
tlves of the Department of Agri-
culture. Plans were made where
by city organizations will secure
lists Of city residents who have had .
farm experience and who are will
ing to devote at least a part of
heir vacations to farm labor when
they are needed. The fight or
work" program is being carried out
IN the Northwest. Pool rooms have
been closed and all idlers and per-
sons doing unimportant work are
being set at useful occupations.
nus relieving the labor situation
10Th in cities and rural districts.
Licenses Required For Stockyards
and Livestock Dealers
4 Federal license by every COM
nercial stockyard in the country
which is to continue in business
after July p, 1913, and by all COM
mission merchants an dealers in
i've stock in connection with stock
ards, is required by proclama-
ion issued by the Present. The
licensing proclamation is one of a
cries issued by the President. I'M
Ter authority of the Food-Control
Act Of last August, bringing the
'eallng in necessities under the
ontrol of the Federal Government.
boys And Girls Liberty Food Club
a Boys and Girls Liberty Food ,
hub IS being organized by the Z. :
!. Department of Agriculture and !
ne State agricultural colleges. 7
Of all club members in {
ne 30 Northern and Western {
tates. In order to become a mem
er of this club each boy and girl 7
nrolled in club work must sign i,
ard pledging himself or herself. :
trough food production and food .
observation, to help win the war
nd world peace. By this pledge il
ach member promises to endeavor d
the best Of his or her ability to
blow instructions, attend meetings b
the club, make an exhibit, keep t
;curate records, and make a com L
lete report of his or her activities d
nd achievements. Each member is =,
len furnished with a handsome p
'rtlficate signed by the State club =
adler, and upon successfully com h
etlng the work Of the club for the Vi
'ar is given diploma of achiev-
ent. fl
remen Help Home-Dem- II II
onstration Agents Sell Milk V,
Three euccacsfrrI ,o;II, J.4 h.