The Yale expositor., 1919-10-16
Ninety-One Men Placed by the st
Clair County Farm Bureau
During Past Summer

Bureau shows that farmers in six
teen different townships were
furnished with one or more men.
Since March 1st, a total of 81
men have been placed as follows:
Fort Gratiot-Chas. Babcock,
l; Karl Wohlberg, 2; E. B. Chase,
3; Chas. Simpson, /; George
French, /.
Clyde-John Glyshaw, L; John
McNaughton, 2.
Riley-D. E. Dysinger, /; H.
Z. Dysinger, s; Richard Chapman
/; Earl O'Brien, l; Jas. Cowhy,1.
Kenockee-Thos. Foley, 8; Ray
Johnson, l.; Thos. Jackson, /;
Oliver Stevenson, 3; James o.
Meara, L. i.
China-Milton Schunk, /; AL
bert Rood, 2.
Burtchville-L. d. Cole, /;
Floyd Fuller, 6.
Grant-Verne Graham, 5; r.
Babcock, s; Alex. Bartrem, 1.
Emmett-Harvey Gleason, 2;
Dennis Gleason /; Jno. E. Cow
ny, l; Andrew Nolan, A; VIM
Goseline, /.
Mussey-F. A. Petz, 1; Edw.
Purtell, /; c. A. Reeves, 2.
Columbus-Danl. Dolan, 3;
Fred Meskill, /; Mike Cain, /.
Lynn-A. J, Smith, l.
Wales-County Farm, 3; Lewis
Kendall, /; Jas. Burns, /.
Kimball-P. M. Stein, s; A. E.
Stevenson, /; Chester Sturde-
vandt, l.
Berlin-Chas. Tank, /; Albert
Sperry, /.
Casco-Herman Katts, /; Clar-
ence Baumgarten, /; M. Nugget
berg, /.
st. Clair-Herbert Ruff, 2; DR..
Kendrick, 3; Herman Gracy, l.
1t has been increasingly diff
cult to secure men this year as
compared with previous ones, and
the quality of help obtained has,
for the most part, run consider
ably inferior to that of former
years. The experience Of many
OF the people for whom farm
hands have been secured has
been disappointing in the extreme
and in few instances has led
to uncomplimentary remarks a
bout the County Agents judg-
ment in selecting men, and dis
couraged further effort on the
part of the farmer to secure
help. Most of them, however,
deserve the highest commenda-
tion for the patience shown in
trying man after man until they
finally secured a real farm hand
instead of simply a camouflage
Reports received to date showthat
forty out Of the total of ninety
one have proven satisfactory
hands, while the remaining fifty.
one have ranged from poor to
worthless.
The uncertainty of having help
together with the almost prohib.
tive prices necessary to obtain il
is fast reducing most of the farms
to a one-man proposition. This
will mean the cutting of produc.
tion away below the maximum
capacity of the land and equip.
ment. The one-man farm will
never meet the test thrown upon
our agriculture by the great in.
'dustrial expansion now taking
place. Furthermore, an alarm.
ing number of the farmers them
selves, are leaving the land, thu,
depicting the ranks of the pro
ducers and at the same time ad
ding to the number of consumer.
and the acres of good productiv,
soil lying idle is increasing at
most rapid rate.
Interviews with a number O.
leading farmers representing i'm
portant farming sections of st
Clair county shows that twenty
five per cent of the farmers ar,
offering their land for sale, an,
too many of them are disposin,
of their equipment and leavin,
without having made arrange
ments with anyone to work tn,
farm. Reports from other Farm
Bureaus indicate that these con
ditions are general over the stat
and the experienced farmer will
do well to consider the small
amount of food and other neces