The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-06-29


number are receiving their training In
recognised agricultural schools ana
colleges throughout the country. The
others are receiving placement train
Ing on dairy farms. ranches and poui-
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 and provide op-
portunitIes months In advance for
men about to complete training In
these schools. In establishing these
employment opportunities many agen-
cies are canvassed, including the Do
partment Of Agriculture. the Depart
ment Of Labor. the civil service com
mission, national AMI local farm or
ganizatiOns, national and state agrt-
cultural conventions, state fairs, and
patriotic and other societies.
Positions for those men who com
plete placement training are furnished
through contact established with
reaus. local farm organizations, etc.
A number Of men are going on the
land as owners or tenants with the In
tentlOn Of remaining there after re-
Mobilization.
Many obtain Good Positiona
One disabled veteran who made an
excellent record In an agricultural
college has been offered q position
with the Department Of Agriculture a.
q cotton breeder at q salary which
ranges from 5000 to 5000 q year.
Three men who have completed their
training as dairy farm fOremen are
now receiving an average Of $3.50 more
prior to their war service. Seven men
who have completed their training a.
landscape gardeners are receiving an
average Of $SO5 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 DDS per anri.ih prior
to their enlistment and G0w. n Sp.ts
Of their disabilities, are re .aiving an
average salary Of ST. per annum
or $500 per year more than they were
receiving before the war. Two hum
dred and twelve men who have COM
pleted their courses In general agricul-i
ture after an average period of one
year of training are now receiving on
an average Of $49S.7L more per annum
than they received prior to their vSlr
service. They are receiving this M
creased salary In spite Of their dis
abilities on account of the training
which they have received under the.
veterans bureau. II Is expected that
when these men have had more exs.
tended practical experience this In
crease will be considerably greater.
A large number Of men are In train
ing In forestry. which Is classified a.
an agricultural pursuit. Six men who
have completed their course in for
estry after one year and two months
Of training and whose pre-war salary
was an average Of $768.66 are now.
receiving an average salary Of
$1.712.50 or an increase Of $945.8A
above their pre-war wage. Another
man who has been rehabllitated a. 4
lumberman IL now receiving $500
per year; his pre-war salary was
81, $50. In other words. this man is
receiving $1.15O 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 q living.
Employers Can Get Trained Men.
Other courses which are offered un-
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 500 men are c0mplet-
ing their vocational training under
the veterans bureau every month.
Employers who want men trained In
agriculture or In any other trade. pro-
fessiOn. or vocation should communi-
cate with the employment service Of
the bureau. These men are especially
trained under government supervisors
and their ability to successfully carry
on in the vocation for which they are
trained Is vouched for by the govern
ment. %
In vocational schools Of all kinds
100, 1888 students are enrolled. The In
struction In vacations Is furnished In
leading colleges. technical schools,
commercial schools as well az In
business establishments. shops and on
farms. These men are In training In
every state In the union and In every
large city In the country. In all the
large Industrial centers these men
who have received their intensive
training from the government are
available for positions. Every voca-
ton Is represented and any employer
who needs additional personnel will
be furnished such personnel from his
vicinity In short time by notifying the
veterans bureau. 0
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