Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-06-30

vocational training in agriculture
under the United States veterans
bureau. Fifty per cent OF this
number are receiving their training in
recognized agricultural schools and
colleges throughout Die country. The
others are receiving placement train
ing on dairy farms, ranches and poul-
Try farms, and with fruit growers.
The supervisors OF agricultural
training of the veterans bureau keep
/ IN close touch with the field for agri-
cultural employment ana provide OPP
portuniJies months in advance for
men about to complete training in
/ these schools. In establishing these
employment opportunities, many agen-
cieS are canvassed, including the De
partment of Agriculture, the Depart
ment of Labor. the civil service com
mission, national AMI local farm or
ganlzations national and state agri-
cultural conventions, state fairs, and
patriotic and other societies.
Positions for those men who com
plete placement training are furnished
through contact established with
county agents and county farm bu-
reaus, local farm organizations, etc.
4 number of men are going on the
land as owners or tenants with the In
/ tention of remaining there after re-
Mobilization.
Many Obtain Good Positions.
One disabled veteran who made an
excellent record IN an agricultural
college has been offered a position
with the Department of Agriculture as
a cotton breeder at salary which
ranges from $1,000 to $1,000 . year.
Three men who have completed their
training as dairy farm foremen are
now receiving an average of $3.50 more
per year than they were receiving
prior to their war service. Seven men
who have completed their training as
landscape gardeners are receiving an
average Of $685. more per year than
they were receiving prior TO their en-
/ listment.
Three veterans who have completed
| their training as nursery men received
an average of Sl.225 per Innum prior
to their enlistment and now, In spite
of their disabilities, are receiving an
average salary of SIPS Der annum
or $500 per wear more than they were
receiving before the war. Two hun
dred and twelve men who have com
pletcd their courses in general ngricul-
tuIe after an average period of one
! year of training are now receiving on
an average Of S49S,71 more per annum
than they received prior TO their war
service They are receiving this iu-
| creased salary In spite of their dis
abilities on account of the training
which they have received under the
veterans bureau. 1t is expected that
when these men have had more ex-
tended practical experience this in
1 crease will be considerably greater.
a large number of men are In train
Ing in forestry, which is classified as
/ an agricultural pursuit. Six men who
have completed their course In for
esiry after one year and two months
of training and whose pre-War salary
was an average of $7G66G are now
| receiving an average salary OF
/ S1,7l2.J0 or an Increase of $045.SA
I above their pre-War wage. Another
/ man who has been rehobiltated as q
/ lumberman is now receiving $500
/ per year; his pre-war salary was
/ 81 $50 In other words, this man Is
! receiving S1,150 more per year
through this vocational training than
/ he received prior to his enlistment.
Without this training this man would
have been unable to earn living
Employers Can Get Trained Men.
Other courses which are offered I'M
der the general classification of agri-
| culture are: Florists, fruit growers.
gardeners, landscape gardeners, park
gardeners, orchard farm foremen,
| management. stock raisers. stock
farm foremen, poultry raisers, stock
herders and apiarists
Approximately 900 men are complet-
ing their vocational training under
the veterans bureau every month
! Employers who want men trained In
agriculture or IN any Otlier trnde, pro-
fessiUn, or vocation should commune
cate with the employment service OF
the bureau. These men are especially
trained under government supervision
and their ability 10 successfully carry
on In the vocation for which they are
trained is youched for by the govern.
ment.
In vocational schools Of all kinds
1870 1913 students are enrolled. The in
struction in vacations Is furnished In
leading colleges. technical schools,
commercial schools as well as In
business establishments, shops and on
farms. These men are In training In
every state III the union and In every
large city In the country. In all the
large Industrial centers lhese men
who have received their intensive
trimming from the government are
available for positions Every voca-
ton is represented ana any employer
who needs additional personnel win
be furnished such personnel from his
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