The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-18

others are receiving placement train
ing on dairy farms, ranches and poul.
try farms, andsw1th, fruit growers.
] The supervisors of agricultural
training Of the Veterans bureau keep
:. il close touch with the. field for agri.
cultural employment and provide op-
!. port1ntfiss months in &sady shce for
men sAbout to complete tpatAing in
::theses SCHOOLS. In establishsRss these
s,e1nployhient opportunities manY sagen-i'
ssctes are canvassed., Including the, De:
apartment Of Agriculture, the Depart
,ment Of Labor the civil service com
mission, national AMI local farm or
carnations, national and state agrt-
cultural conventions, state fairs and
patriotic and other societies. Z. "
y, ,Positigns 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.
IA number Of men are going on the
land as owners or tenants with the In
ItentiOn Of remaining there after re-
Mobilization. :. -: l. ~ y"
:. 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
q 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 areceiving
prior to their war service. Seven men
who have completed their training as
landscape gardeners are receiving an
average of SS05 more per year than
they were receiving prior to their en-
listment. ~ sI,sarN
Three veterans who have completed
their training as nursery men received
an average Of 81 ,225 per annum prior
to their enlistment and now, in spite
Of their Utilities, are: receiving an
average salary of $2,125 per annum
or $500 per year more than they were
receiving before the war. Two hun
dred and twelve men who have COM
pleted their courses in general agricul-
tureS after an average period Of one
year Of training are now receiving on
an average Of $498.7 more pereapnum
than they received prior to their war
service. They are. receiving this in
creased salary in spite Of their dis
abilities on account Of the training
which they have received under the
veterans bureau. It is expected that
when these men have had more ex-
tended practical experience this in
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 completeds their course In for
estry after one yehr and two months
of training and whose pre-war salary
was aM average Of $768.66 Tare:n
receiving an average salary. Of
!. 81, 1880 or an increase Of $945.SA
above their spret war wage Another
man who has been rehabilitated as a
lumberman is now receiving $4,000
per year; his pre-war salary was
$3.50. In. other words, thisf man is
receiving $f,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 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 complet-
ing their vocational training under
the veterans bureau every month.
Employers who want men trained in
agriculture or in an other trade, pro-
fessio1l, or vocation should communi-
cate with the employment service Of
the bureau. These men are especially
trained under governments supervisor
and their ability to successfully carry
on in the vocation FOR which they are
trained is vouched for .bysthe govern
ment. - ~. ~
-. In vocational schools. of all kinds
13O,79s students, are enrolled. The in
I struction Ii vocations Is furnished in
leading colleges. technical schools,
commercial schools as we'll as In
business establishments, shops and on
farms. These men are in training, in
every state in the. union1and 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
beafurnished such personnel from hts
vicinity in short time, by notifying the
q veterans bureau sr,sf..y3 ( Z
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