The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-02
PLANS DRAWN
FOR HANDLING
HARVEST WORK
L. S. Employment Service
Tells of Methods of Distri-
button of Workers
from SOUTH TO NORTH

ne plan OF tne u. >. employment
service for handling Of farm labor
throughout the west is outlined by
George f. Tucker, field director Of
the service, in the following state
rent from the central labor office,
Kansas City, Mo-:
The handling Of harvest labor for
the Big Wheat Belt will be directed
I, m the Central office of the Farm
labor Bureau Of the u. S. Employ
roent Service, 2014 Main ST., Kansas
Guy, Mo. Recruiting offices are now
ulintained at the permanent Branch
flee of the Farm Labor Bureau at
,rt Worth, Tex, and at temporary
Offices at Waco and Amarillo, Tex;
ny. Little Rock, Fort Smith and Tex
arkana, Ark, and at St. Louis, Mo.
other recruiting offices will be OPT
nned at Denver, Colo, Omaha, Neb.
and at other advantageous points
further North as the season advances.
Recruiting and distributing offices
are also maintained at Kansas City,
Mo, ut the Union Station and at 81
East 9Th Street, and by the Kansas
Free Employment Bureau at 339
Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kan
saS.
"Authentic information relative to
harvest may be obtained at any of
these offices or at any State and
Federal Employment Office in your
own state. In the recruiting and dis
tributing of harvest labor the FEEDER
al Farm Labor Bureau and the State
Labor and Employment Services Of
the wheat states are in touch with
operating with it as are also the
County Farm Agents in the states
where labor is required.
Texas Harvest Plans
TEXAS-Present conditions point
to wheat harvest in Texas of about
100000 acres, and indications are
that this state will require 5000 men
rom outside the wheat sections -
care for it's crop. Cutting will be-
Gin in the Fort Worth district about
June LIST but the demand for laborers
rom the outside will come in the
Western and Panhandle counties
where harvest starts June goth 20
18th. Wages generally will be $4 a
day. with board and lodging. For
further direction to jobs within the
state apply to the Federal Offices at
Fort Worth, Waco and Amarillo,
Texas.
OKLAHOMA-This state will pro-
bably harvest about 3,350,0O0 acres
of winter wheat and will require
500 additional laborers. Harvest
iug will start in the Southern wheat
Counties about June LIST to 9Th, but
outside help probably will not be re-
quired before June 10th to 18th when
catting starts in the Central Coun-
ties. The majority of men will be
Eeeded in the North central and
Northwestern Counties, where cutting
usually starts about June Goth to
9th. Wages will range from So to
81 day for shockers and So to 90
for stackers. The principal distri-
huting points for harvest hands in
Oklahoma will be at the State Labor
Offices at Enid, Carmen, Woodward
and Alva.
KANSAS: Indications are that
Kansas will harvest approximately
100000 acres of winter wheat,
slightly less than last year but in
the big wheat area of Central Kan
sas, where the major portion of the
harvest hands are needed annually
+, the acreage and condition Of the
wheat is above that of year ago
Kansas will need fully 10000 men
outside the state to handle her har-
lest. The big demand for men will
come from the Central Third of the
state. Harvest will start in the
South central Kansas counties about
June 18th to goth. The principal
distributing office for this section
will be at Wichita, with the main
distributing office of the. state al
Hutchinson. Other offices will be
maintained by the State and FEEDER
al Services at Kansas City, Kansas
Topeka, Kiowa, Parsons, Salina, Col.
by and at other points if required to
bring about equitable distribution
Best information is that wages will
be $500 day with board and lodg-
ing.
OTHER STATES: Information re.
lative to Nebraska, the Dakotas and
other states in the Big Wheat Belt
will be covered in a subsequent bull
letin.
Things To Remember
Kansas City is fully 200 miles from
the Big Wheat Belt and harves,
hands should, insofar as possible, &C
directly to the points where men are
needed.
Cooks, engineers, and separate,
men should have advance information
as to jobs or 60 prepared to do regu-
lar harvest work until their special
work is found.
The demand for Colored Labor IL
not large and colored men should not
go to the harvest fields without as.
surance of work.
Railroads are not granting special
rates to harvest hands and transpor-
tation is seldom advanced by farm.
ers. Harvest hands must pay thei,
own way to the fields.
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