The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-26
FIND JOBS
 BRING MUCH BETTER PAY
 AFTER TRAINING COURSE

earning power of disabled veterans
 who have received vocational train | ing in agriculture under the Veter-
 ans bureau have just been made public by the Information depart ment of the Bureau.
 Approximately 15,OOO disabled ex- service men are training in agricul-
 ture under the bureau. Fifty per cent of this number are receiving their training in recognized agricul- unreal schools and colleges through out the country. The remaining num- Der are receiving placement training on dairy farms, ranches, poultry farms and with fruit growers.
 A survey of PIP men who have completed their courses shows that they are earning S49S.71 more per annum than they received prior to their war service. They are receiv- ing this increased salary in spite of their disabilities.
 Men training along special lines show even greater increase of earn ing power. Three men who have completed their training as dairy farm foremen are now receiving an average of $S5O more per year than they were receiving prior to their war service. Seven men, who have completed their training as land scape gardeners, are receiving an av- craze of SSO5 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 S1,225 per annum prior Co their enlistment and now, in spite of their disabili- i ties. are receiving an average salary of $2,125 per aunum, or $500 more per year than they were receiving prior to the war.
 A large number of men are in training in forestry which Is classi- fed as an agricultural pursuit. Six men have completed their course in forestry and whose pre-war salary averaged $76G.66, are now earning an average salary of S1,712.5O, or an increase of $945.S5 above their prc-war wage, Another man who has boon rehabilitated as a lumberman s now receiving $2,5OO per year, in place of a pre-war salary of $l,35O.
 Other courses which are offered
 under the general classification of agriculture are: Florists, fruit grow als, gaTdners, orchard farm foremen, fern engineers, stock raiSers, stock t2rm foremen. poultry raisers, stock herders and apiarists.
 In addition to training the veteran the bureau makes every effort to se- cure employment for him after the completion of his course. The super visors of agricultural training of the field for agricultural employment and provide opportunities months in advance for men about to complete training in the schools. In establish ing these employment opportunities, many agencies are canvassed, includ- ing the Department of Agriculture. the Department of Labor, the Civil Service Commission, national and To- cal farm organizations, national and state agricultural conventions. state fairs, patriotic and other societies. A case was recently reported of one disabled veteran who had made an excellent record in an agricultural college who was placed with the De partment of Agriculture at a salary of between S3.OOO and $5,OOO a year Evidence is increasing that under the reorganization of the rehabilita- ton work effected by the Sweel law, rehabilitation is at least being plac- ed upon sound economic basis.