The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-21
ASK HIGH SCHOOL
 BOYS TO HELP IN HARVESTING CROP
Farmers Needing Hands Urged to Mape Applied
 tion Now for Help.

l The Federal Employment Service is carrying out plans to make available to the farmers of Connecticut labor necessary for the harvest this fall. The main source of supply of such la- bor will be boys from the high schools in the State.
 1 Arthur Howe, Director of the Boys Working Reserve, on August 6 sent a letter to 120 public and private sec ondary schools of the State, copy of which follows. This letter explains somewhat in detail the proposition which MT. Howe is placing before the school mn. Thirty-seven replies have been received to this letter and the school men seem to be ready to do everything necessary to meet this sit uation.
 It will be impossible, however, to carry this work forward with any
 considerable degree of success until ii is known definitely where and how great the demand for this labor will be.
 Any farmers desiring to make use of this boy labor in harvesting their crops should communicate with the Fairfield County Farm Bureau office at Danbury, stating their require ments.
 MT. Howe's letter follows:
 Dear Sir:---During the summer over 1000 High School boys have been rendering patriotic service on the farms in Connecticut. The farmers have answered the country's call by planting the largest acreage of fcnd crops in the history of the State The farmers efforts and the boys services will be futile unless the crops can be harvested. The Council of Defense
 and Leo Korper, the State Director o1
 the Employment Service, have asked
 me to bring these facts before the High school principals with view tc
 securing the services of their boys fol
 the harvest in September
 Last year several High schools promised farmers that they would re. lease boys in groups during the har- vest season. In few places farmer
 took advantage of this offer and saved
 food crops that would otherwise have
 perished.
 ':This year the boys in the field vii
 be asked to return to school in Sep.
 tember, but their help for the harvest will still be needed. In order that nc , individuals get behind in their classe. it seems best to have all boys return to school and use them by classes ol divisions. In this way the schoo principal can say just what group. shall go out to do the particular tasI , at hand.
 , "A large group of boys with a gpoG leader can finish up those jobs in on 5 day, where it would take one or two 5 boys a month. Expert teams for the
 harvest are more essential than fint l records for football
 T realize that teachers have nt
 power to force this plan, but tha
 power was assumed last fall and boy!
 were glad to do the work The far
 mers being served should pay a req I sonable rate.
 ,, "Inasmuch as the State is urginy : the boys to return to school, it mus q have something in the way of help i f can promise to the farmers in you o vicinity. I also must make the far
 mers and the Farm Bureau send il :, applications before September first Will you kindly let me know whel lyour school opens and what assistanc -' can be rendered during the month o 9' September?
 q do not think the burden is eoinJ B. to be a heavy one, and am sure tn s' service rendered is going to far out weigh any small inconvenience at d ltached thereto''