The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-07-11
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BEGINS NOV 81
TOWARD NORTH.
Harvest in Oklahoma and
Texas Is Practically Finish
ed, Says u. S. Director
KANSAS NEAR FINISH

Kansas City, MO-, July 11.--Condi-
tions in the harvest fields in the
south and the supply of labor and
movement is told in a bulletin of
the U. S. Employment Service as fol-
lows:
"In Oklahoma and Texas, the har-
vest is practically ended. Both states
have had an ample supply of labor.
The only difficulty encountered in
the extreme Northwestern sections,
but the needs of the Panhandle of
Texas and of the Northwestern coun-
ties of Oklahoma Harper, Beaver,
and TeXas-were met. Owing to the
extreme distances men had to travel,
there was some delay in meeting
the needs of Northwest Oklahoma,
but it is believed that no loss to
crops resulted.
1.-THE harvest in Kansas is nearing
completion with plenty of men in
the state to meet all labor require
ments. The demand for harvest
hands for Kansas has been greater
than in any recent year and much
larger number of men have been re-
cruited and brought into the state
than were required last year. A larg
err territory was demanding men than
usual at the same time. In sixteen
counties in Central Kansas, repre-
senting 100000 acres of wheat, the
harvest was on full blast and calls
came in simultaneously for thou
sands of men.
Oklahoma Retarded
Oklahoma's harvest was retarded
and due to heavy crops and excessive
heat an unusually large number of
men were required in that state. Re-
leases were slow in starting and
there were few days when it was
not possible to fully meet the needs
of certain big wheat counties, but
the men were forthcoming, and on
this date it is believed that all of
the Central third of Kansas and the
heavy counties Of the Southwestern
half of the state have their labor
needs provided for. Although in
some sections harvesting was done
shorthanded for a few days, reports
do not indicate any damage to grain
through lack of labor. The drift
from the South and West should be
ample to care for the harvest labor
needs of the Centralwestern and
Northwestern counties of the state.
"The 100000 acres of wheat in
Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas have in
round numbers required 10000 out
side harvest hands. To recruit these
men and to get them to the places
needed at the time when needed
with as little congestion as possible
at distributing points, has been no
little task. This service appreciates
the cooperation it has received from
all sources and particularly the con-
sideration and understanding of
those County Agents, Chambers of
Commerce, bankers, business men
and farmers in the wheat sections
who have been sharing with US the
responsibility of the harvest.
Next Field Nebraska
"The next field of activity is the
state of Nebraska, where the harvest
is beginning to get under Roadway.
Requests have alreay come to the
Kansas City office from Kansas Coun-
ties for instructions as to points to
which harvest hands should be direc-
ted. The Nebraska crop will not re-
quire the usual number of men. The
harvest has been somewhat delayed
in starting. It has not been possible
to give the desired information be-
fore. The first call for men for
Nebraska came to this office today"