Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-05
GOVERNMENT AIDS
STATE FARMERS
Farm Labor Bureau Working Adj
mirabiy Toward Supplying Help
20 Handle the Crops

Early IN April tho stnte Defense
| Cnunci realized TINT - enable the farmers
/ of Delaware ~ produce the maximum
| amount ~ food sofe steps must be tpken
/ to furnish them with help ut lie critical
/ times 81 seeding and harvesting In
consequence a joint meeting was eniled
/ of representatives If the State Council
1 Of Defense. together with Joseph
4 Armstrong, then director q the Boys
4 Working Reserve. Charles Warner, di-
rector If the = Public Service Reserve,
I McssrH Saylor md l}eukhard Of the
/ L \ Employment Aervice IN Delaware
and VI O Pence, State lender Of county
agents who II una felt could speak more
authurntaivelv ~ furm conditions them
any other man IN the State
At this first meeting tentative Plans
were drawn up for the organization u the
| Delaware Farm Labor l{ureau Later
these pians were practically all approved
! nv the State Delcuse Coau9l md the
/ Delaware Farm Labor Bureau became an
active organization on Nav -, and Il
today dong much to supply part Of the
| 1000 farm laborers, which the survey,
taken through the schools tariY tins
/ spring, proved a. be the need 81 the farmers
Of tlls State, If they are to produce Il
maximum amount Of food this crep
season.
The organization Of the Delaware Farm
! Labor Bureau consists Of a combination
| of the agencies which can supply labor,
together with a series Of Offices one N
| each county, which were established
for the purpose Of collecting the demands
Of the farmers for help and to serve as
q place where q farmer could - and make
arrangements and explain his need for
any particular Kind OF farm help. The
y
labor il the State consist Of the I. ;.
Bows Working RESERVE, thr 5. Pubic
Service Reserve and the | 5. Employment
Service all OF which have "A Office n
Wilmington The [ $ Bows u oTklng
Reserve has about 800 High School bows
between the ages Of ii aud = years 30
VIII work on the farms 81 the state
during the summer vacation. he ,
PuI lie Service Reserve has enrolled large
amount Of short help n tie towns q the
state 1t has persuaded many factory
owners TO grant extra long vacations 10
employees. who viii spend these vacations
working on a farm and II further plans
10 enroll men Of former iarm experience
for short time work II the harvest heIds
Tie : Employment Service Is SUP
ported by the national government and
il hires men for all branches 81 government
; work including agriculture. Its services
are free 10 both employer and cmploXe.
These three agencies are now united under
one direction for the purpose d supplying
farm help. III the Old Federal Building at
sixth and hing streets Therefore ali
the help made available BY them can
be- drawn Immediately b. the secretary
Of the Delaware Farm Labor Bureau
who receives tie requests for help winch
come from farmers throughout the state
through the local offices III each county.
These local county Offices are IN charge
If the county agents and are located IN
, sussex county, at Georgetown with
County Agent Kaufman IN charge.
in Kent county at Dover. with County
Agent Zmmcrlev in charge, in New
Castle county at tie old Federal building,
Wilmington. with Mr.. Ryan IN charge
The office OF County Agent BausIaan. 1t
Newark also serves as Il local branch Of thus
organization 4 farmer sends N =
request for help to his county athcc from
which il il forwarded u the scorctar Y
at the Wilmington Office who then oh
taIns q man from either the ; BOYS
! Working Reserve. tic 4 ) Employment
Service. or the L. = Public Service
Reserve.
now THE DELAWARE FARM LhHoB RlREkE
WORMS.
The following Is Il typical illustration
If the way in which the Delaware Farm
Labor Bureau operates 10 supply help
to the farmers Of the State.
S II Green Of Wyoming Is right III Tie
midst Of corn planting, Wien ono Of his
! hired men Is drafted Immediately he
thinks Of a card, which lie hus received
, u few days before from the Delaware Farm
Labor Bureau which was 20 be filled out
bv him III case he needed help After
searching around he finds the card and
) fills it out, indicating the kind Of help
he wants, the time he wants it and the
wages he will paylf the nan Is satisfactory
lie mails this card III m envelope, which
. requires no postage, to his county agent.
Mr. Zlmmerly, at Dover Mr. Xmmcrk
2 notes the request and immediately for
wards it to Mr. Ryan, tho secretary Of the
Delaware Farm Labor Bureau at tie Wi
mington Office Mr. Ryan consults his
file and finds that the T. $ Employment
Service had three men IN the office that
particular morning who are looking fol
farm work lie calls these men in anu
looks them over and picks out one OF
! | them lie tells this man To take the
3 IS Delaware road tram for Wyoming
$ and then he calls up Mr. Green by teie.
| phone and tells hin that he has sent a
man who alll reach Wyoming at 530
o clock that evening and requests him To
meet this man at the station